Comparison of damping parameters based on the half-power bandwidth methods of viscous and hysteretic damping models

Abstract

The half-power bandwidth method is usually used to calculate structural damping parameters by frequency response function (FRF). In this note, the half-power bandwidth methods for the displacement FRF, the velocity FRF, and the acceleration FRF are proposed based on viscous and hysteretic damping models, respectively. Comparison results show that the application conditions of half-power bandwidth methods for the displacement and acceleration FRFs are limited. They can only be used to calculate the small damping ratio/loss factor. The application condition of half-power bandwidth method for the velocity FRF is not limited. It can be used to calculate the large or small damping ratio/loss factor, which should be the first choice for calculating damping parameters. Besides, when the damping ratio is less than 0.2546 or the loss factor is less than 0.5658, the relative difference between the loss factor and twice the damping ratio is less than 10%. With the increase of the damping ratio or loss factor, the relative difference will increase rapidly, and the approximate relationship is no longer applicable.

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“…This method relies on the frequency-response curve and entails identifying the maximum amplitude associated with the natural frequency of the system. Utilizing the half-power bandwidth method, structural damping parameters can be calculated via the frequency response function (FRF) [42][43][44][45][46].…”