General Electric Company
DISTRIBUTED HYBRID DAMPING SYSTEM

Abstract:

A unit cell (26) for use in a damping system (24) includes: an impacting structure (34); a cavity (32) encapsulating the impacting structure (34), the cavity (32) including a first hemisphere (32A) and a second hemisphere (32B), the cavity (32) disposed within a substrate (28), the substrate (28) forming an outer casing of the cavity (32); and at least one fluid (36) disposed in each of the first and second hemispheres (32A, 32B) between the impacting structure (34) and the outer casing (28).