Impedance of a damper or damping rate?

[Torus86]

Hi,I'm encountering a problem. I'm studying a paper in which a dissipation-free plate is considered.There is a viscous damper and the damping rate is 100 Ns/m.Now there is the problem, because suddenly the author considers the impedance of the damper.My question is: are the impedance of the damper and the damping rate the same quantities or are they different??Please help me to understand Thank you very much...

 

[GregLocock]

Impedance is just the posh word for what you get out divided by what you put in. So, yes.

Cheers

Greg Locock


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