Tuned-Mass Damper on a Cantilever Beam

In this article, we compare the performance of a tuned-mass damper mounted at the end of a cantilever beam to the Lanchester damper which was shown in the previous article.  The classic single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) tuned-mass damper is sketched in the figure below.  The design approach is to find the equivalent SDOF system for the cantilever beam’s mode of interest and then use the design formulas for an optimal SDOF TMD to determine the stiffness and damping of the absorber.

SDOF tuned-mass damper
SDOF tuned-mass damper

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Setting Views and Lighting in ANSYS CFD Post

This post shows how to set exact view orientation, zoom, pan, and lighting in CFD post. This is especially useful for making consistent figures for reports or presentations.

This picture below is a stream-ribbon visualization of a swirling flow, viewed using the built in “Isometric View (Z up).” The view is centered too low and the lighting angle is not favorable.

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