Viscous damping force is a formulation of the damping phenomena, in which the source of damping force is modeled as a function of the volume, shape, and velocity of an object traversing through a real fluid with viscosity.[1]
Typical examples of viscous damping in mechanical systems include:
- Fluid films between surfaces
- Fluid flow around a piston in a cylinder
- Fluid flow through an orifice
- Fluid flow within a journal bearing
Viscous damping also refers to damping devices. Most often they damp motion by providing a force or torque opposing motion proportional to the velocity. This may be affected by fluid flow or motion of magnetic structures. The intended effect is to improve the damping ratio.
- Shock absorbers in cars
- Seismic retrofitting with viscous dampers[2]
- Tuned mass dampers in tall buildings
- Deployment actuators in spacecraft
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