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Damping measurements with a maintained torsional pendulum

1966; IOP Publishing; Volume: 43; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1088/0950-7671/43/1/420

1747-387X

J.H. Pérez, Pierre Péguin, P. F. Gobin,

Experimental Learning in Engineering

A device which gives a torsional pendulum either constant-amplitude oscillations or a constant energy is described. The values of internal friction can be found by measuring a current or the amplitude of the oscillations. A Snoek damping peak measured in this way is presented.