A vibrational statement, method and algorithm to assess the damping capacity of structurally inhomogeneous viscoelastic mechanical systems, consisting of a package of rectangular plates and shells with point relations and concentrated masses at different rheological properties of deformable elements, are proposed in the paper. To describe rheological properties of the material, the linear hereditary Boltzmann-Volter theory was used. To assess the damping capacity of the system, the problem in question in each case was reduced to solving the proper problems of algebraic equations with complex parameters solved by the Muller method. The accuracy of the methods was demonstrated by comparing the calculated results with known published data and a numerical experiment. Complex natural frequency of the system was used to assess the damping capacity of inhomogeneous viscoelastic systems. Various eigenvalue problems have been solved for structurally inhomogeneous mechanical systems consisting of a package of plate and shell systems with concentrated masses and shock absorbers. A number of new mechanical effects have been discovered, related to the manifestation of the damping capacity of mechanical systems under consideration.

A vibrational formulation, a technique, and an algorithm are proposed for assessing the resonance state of a package of rectangular plates and shells having point bonds and concentrated masses with different rheological properties of deformable elements under the influence of harmonic influences. The viscoelastic properties of elements are described using the linear Boltzmann-Volterra theory. An algebraic system of equations with complex coefficients is obtained, which is solved by the Gauss method. Various problems on steady-state forced vibrations for structurally inhomogeneous mechanical systems consisting of a package of plate and shell systems with concentrated masses and shock absorbers installed in it were solved. A number of new mechanical effects have been discovered associated with a decrease in the maximum resonance amplitudes of the mechanical system as a whole. The concept of "global resonance amplitude" is introduced to study the behavior of the resonance amplitudes of a mechanical system. An analysis of the numerical results showed that the interaction of resonant amplitudes is observed only in structurally inhomogeneous systems (in this case, with elastic and viscoelastic elements) and with a noticeable approximation of the natural frequencies.