Abstract
Lubricating the root contact surfaces of a simple cantilever beam will increase the vibration damping of the beam. Experimental evidence is given for cantilever beams of cold-rolled steel, stainless steel, and brass, with contact surfaces dry and greased. Soft-metal platings as alternate lubricants were used as suggested by the work of Bowden and Tabor. They are shown to produce a significant increase in the damping of cantilever beams; and while this increase is not so great as for greased surfaces, their use appears promising and worthy of further study for possible applications where grease cannot be used. Presented as an American Society of Lubrication Engineers paper at the Lubrication Conference held in New York, N.Y., October 1959.
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