I am looking at a simple cantilever beam deflection: I understand the general expression for deflection/force would be: If you were going to add viscous damping to the bending of the beam, would it be as simple as: Where the equation for the angle of deflection is ? I have seen some suggestions that simple damping of cantelever beams is done by applying viscosity to the rate of angle change with respect to time. Is that generally correct? I have had some strange behaviors trying this so I'm not sure what the ideal simple solution is. Thanks for any help or answers/ideas for either question. It is appreciated.
Simple cantilever beam deflection - what is the simplest way to add a damper?
mike


