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Single fibre damping: insight, advances and challenges
[Amortissement d’une fibre unique : perspectives, avancées et défis]
Comptes Rendus. Mécanique, Volume 353 (2025), pp. 1405-1423

This review paper provides insights into damping characterisation at the fibre scale. With the growing demand for composite materials, understanding damping behaviour within these materials is becoming increasingly crucial. However, research on damping characterisation at this scale remains limited, highlighting a notable gap in the field. This paper presents a detailed analysis of methodologies used to assess fibre-scale damping and examines the influence of environmental factors such as temperature, humidity, and pressure, as well as the impact of the identification method. While most studies have focused on ceramic and metallic fibres, some efforts have also been made to investigate natural fibres. However, these studies remain relatively scarce, and the characterisation of natural fibre damping is still in its early stages. Reported damping values vary significantly across studies, reflecting both the influence of fibre type and methodological differences. For instance, damping values for cotton fibres range from 13.7% to 21.7%, carbon fibres from 0.09% to 0.9%, and flax fibres from 3.6% to 11.5%. Moreover, a noticeable contrast can be observed between organic and inorganic fibres. One of the main findings of this review is the significant variation in damping values obtained for the same fibre type, depending on the characterisation method used. This highlights the need for standardisation and further refinement of experimental techniques to improve the reliability and comparability of damping measurements.

Cet article de review apporte un éclairage sur la caractérisation de l’amortissement à l’échelle de la fibre. Avec la demande croissante en matériaux composites, comprendre le comportement vibratoire et dissipatif de ces matériaux devient de plus en plus essentiel. Cependant, la recherche consacrée à la caractérisation de l’amortissement à cette échelle reste limitée, révélant un manque notable dans ce domaine. Cet article présente une analyse détaillée des méthodologies utilisées pour évaluer l’amortissement à l’échelle de la fibre et examine l’influence des facteurs environnementaux tels que la température, l’humidité et la pression, ainsi que l’impact de la méthode d’identification. Si la majorité des études se sont concentrées sur les fibres métalliques et céramiques, quelques travaux ont également porté sur les fibres naturelles. Néanmoins, ces études demeurent relativement rares, et la caractérisation de l’amortissement des fibres naturelles en est encore à ses débuts. Les valeurs d’amortissement rapportées varient fortement d’une étude à l’autre, reflétant à la fois l’influence du type de fibre et les différences méthodologiques. Par exemple, les valeurs d’amortissement pour les fibres de coton vont de 13,7% à 21,7%, celles des fibres de carbone de 0,09% à 0,9%, et celles du lin de 3,6% à 11,5%. On observe également un contraste marqué entre les fibres organiques et inorganiques. L’un des principaux constats de cette revue est l’importante variabilité des valeurs d’amortissement obtenues pour un même type de fibre selon la méthode de caractérisation employée. Cela met en évidence la nécessité de normaliser et d’améliorer les techniques expérimentales afin d’accroître la fiabilité et la comparabilité des mesures d’amortissement.

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DOI : 10.5802/crmeca.341
Keywords: Elementary fibre, damping, influencing parameters
Mots-clés : Fibre élémentaire, amortissement, paramètres influents

Fanny Pelisson 1 ; Morvan Ouisse 1 ; Vincent Placet 1 ; Pauline Butaud 1

1 Université Marie et Louis Pasteur, SUPMICROTECH, CNRS, Institut FEMTO-ST, 25000 Besançon, France
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Fanny Pelisson; Morvan Ouisse; Vincent Placet; Pauline Butaud. Single fibre damping: insight, advances and challenges. Comptes Rendus. Mécanique, Volume 353 (2025), pp. 1405-1423. doi: 10.5802/crmeca.341

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