Ruchhardt Oscillator Decay- Thermodynamic basis for Hysteretic Damping
Abstract
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Using thermodynamic arguments based on the ideal gas law, it is shown that hysteretic (also called structural) damping is the natural form of energy dissipation for this classic oscillator that is used to measure the ratio of heat capacities for a gas.
3 pages, 1 figure
3 pages, 1 figure