Abstract
Stiffness and vibration damping capability are important criteria in design of machine tool structure. In other sides, the weight of machine tool structure must be reduced to increase the handling capability. This paper presents an analysis of the effect of geometric structure on stiffness and vibration damping of wood structure. The stiffness was analysed using numerical method, so called finite element method (FEM), while the vibration damping capability was experimentally tested. Vibration testing was also performed to wood structures with sand powder filled into its rectangular hole to observe the its effect on damping factor. Simulation results show that the cross ribs structure yielded minimum mass reduction ratio compared to the three square holes as well as the single rectangular hole structures. While the vibration test results explained that the damping factor of Shorea laevis wood was higher than that Hevea braziiensis wood. The use of sand powder as vibrating mass in closed-box structure effectively increased the damping capability, for single rectangular hole structure the damping factor was increased from 0.048 to 0.079 doi : http://dx.doi.org/10.12777/ijse.4.2.2013.57-60 [ How to cite the article: Widyanto, S. A., Widodo, A., Nugroho, S., & Siahaan, D. (2013). The effect of geometric structure on stiffness and damping factor of wood applicable to machine tool structure. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING , 4 (2), 57-60. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.12777/ijse.4.2.2013.57-60 ]
Highlights
Wood is a natural material commonly used as building construction
This paper presents the results of stiffness analysis using finite element method (FEM) and experimental testing of vibration damping of wood structure aimed to develop main structure of machine tool
The results show that the elactic modulus as well as vibration damping factor decreased significantly if notch achieved higher than 60%
Summary
Wood is a natural material commonly used as building construction. Various woods have been sold commercially with low cost compared to metal materials. Production process of wood material is easier than metal, so that it reduces the cost production. This paper presents the results of stiffness analysis using FEM and experimental testing of vibration damping of wood structure aimed to develop main structure of machine tool. When a structure is vibrated, its damping capability reduces the amplitude of oscillation and changes the vibration energy into heat. Damping factor is defined as a loss factor or energy loss ratio that was referred to energy transformed into other energy along one cycle vibration (Ouis, 2002)
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