Sandwich composites, due to their properties such as: high strength-to-weight ratio, corrosion resistance, improved mechanical properties compared to traditional materials, and the ability to tailor properties to specific needs, have replaced some of the materials used in the past. In the master's thesis, an experimental and numerical analysis of vibration damping of sandwich composites is presented. Vibration damping was performed using granulate,
which was inserted into the honeycomb of the sandwich composite. The influence of the granulate and the filling ratio of the honeycomb was studied on a shaker and the reduction of response amplitude at resonant frequencies was observed in comparison to the reference sample with an empty honeycomb. The best results were achieved by those specimens, which had the honeycomb filled at the end of the cantilevered specimen, since the mass does
not significantly increase compared to the reference sample, but there is a considerable decrease in a response amplitude. The best granulate according to the established comparison criterion was sieved rubber with a 50 % filling ratio at the end of the cantilevered specimen. The 50 % filling ratio achieved lower response amplitudes than the 25 % and 100 % honeycomb filling ratios. The results of numerical simulations were very close to the
experimentally obtained value of the first natural frequency of the sandwich composite without added granulate. In doing so, it was necessary to take the stiffness of the support into account.
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