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Calculation of damping ratio for car suspension?
Yes, but it involves a second order differential equation. Using the mass, spring constant and damping constant any physical object or assembly's damping ratio can be calculated. In the design of the vehicle the damping ratio was determined by the engineers at the automaker depending on the type of car. A sports car would have a higher damping ratio (maybe 0.7 or so) than a cushy luxury car. Over time the damping ratio will change as the components age. The most obvious is the bouncy feeling when you don't replace your struts or shocks as intended. That's when your tight sports car's suspension starts to behave like a 70's Buick. You just lowered your damping ratio without knowing it.
Damping is proportional to?
1/sq. root of gain
What is geometric damping?
Geometric damping is also called radiation damping. It is defined as energy radiation into a surrounding medium. Damping is defined as energy dissipation property of structures and materials that are put through time-variable loading.
How do you get -12 decibels?
Decibel is a factor or a ratio and no unit. If you have 1 volt and you damp it to 1/4 volt then you will get a damping of 12 dB. Voltage daming = 20×log (1/4) = (-)12 dB.
How do you determine the ratio of an amplitude?
Amplitude ratio to dB conversion:For amplitude of waves like voltage, current and sound pressure level:GdB = 20 log10(A2 / A1)A2 is the amplitude level.A1 is the referenced amplitude level.GdB is the amplitude ratio or gain in dB.dB to amplitude ratio conversion:A2 = A1 · 10(GdB / 20)A2 is the amplitude level.A1 is the referenced amplitude level.GdB is the amplitude ratio or gain in dB.
