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Vertical and Horizontal Dashpot Constant Conversion

Thread starter puffy333
Start date Dec 28, 2007

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Dec 28, 2007

puffy333

Structural

A co-worker came to ask me if I knew the equation to convert a Vertial Dashpot Constant (2.793x10^6 lb-s/in) and Horizontal Dashpot Constant (1.626x10^3 lb-s/in) to % Critical Damping.

Any help on this would be great, I've only ever seen damping as a percentage... then again I haven't been in the biz for very long.

Thanks!
Puffy333