Damping Proceedings Held in Las Vegas, Nevada on 5-7 March 1986. Volume 1

Contents: Standard Graphical Presentation of Complex Modulus and Processing Methodology; Comparison of Damping Material Properties by Various Test Methods; Viscoelastic Characteristics of an Elastomeric Isolator; RELSAT damping Material Data, PACOSS Damping Material Measurements, Design Oriented Measuring Techniques for determining the Mechanical Properties of Rubber; Selected Complex Modulus Data; On the Fractional Calculus Model of Viscoelastic Behavior; A Critique of Complex Modulus Test Methods; Hubble Space Telescope Reaction Wheel Assembly Vibration Isolation System; Gasdynamic Damping Properties of Steam Turbine Blades; A Layered Notch Filter for High Frequency Isolation; Is It Damping or Nonlinearity?; Viscosity and Damping as the Diabolic and Roguish Cause for Instability; Damped Optics Design; Viscoelastic Component Damper Design Problems; The Effects of Bond Imperfections on the Dynamic Response of Laminated Beams; Method of Predicting Damping in Stiffened Structures; Implementation of Modal Strain Energy Method Using MSC/NASTRAN and Post-Processing Utility Programs; Influence of Temperature on Structural Joints with Designed In Damping; Dynamics of Viscoelastic Structures; On the Virtues and Prospects for Passive Damping in Large Space Structures; and Investigation of Passive Damping of Large Space Truss Structures. See also Volume 2, ADA173950.