Solid-Damping Devices and Configurations
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Effective for concrete, steel and timber structures, Kinetica’s solid-damping devices are ideal solutions for new and retrofit projects that require any type of mitigation of dynamic loads. These include severe seismic and wind loading as well as serviceability related vibration challenges.
Kinetica’s solid-damping devices are readily available in a variety of configurations – including the award-wining viscoelastic coupling damper configurations (VCD™), brace configurations, wall configurations, and other compact configurations that enable seamless integration into all types of structural systems with minimal impact on the architectural layout of your projects.
Kinetica’s solid-damping devices are also fully customizable to meet the specific requirements of each project, giving engineers and architects the freedom to design innovative, elegant, and resilient structures – while saving on materials, as well as operational and maintenance costs.
Standard Building Damping Systems
Concrete Structures
Steel Structures
Timber Structures
Composite Structures
Custom Damping Solutions
Modular Construction
Floor and Stair Vibration Control
Stadiums
Other Custom Damping Solutions
Why Solid-Damping
Robust Technology
Since solid-damping materials were first used for structural applications over half a century ago, they have seen impressive developments driven by advancements in the aerospace and automotive industries - Kinetica engineers have developed and designed these advanced solid-damping materials specifically to be efficient for structural applications.
Geometric Freedom
Solid-damping devices provide damping and stiffness directly within the viscoelastic polymer material at the molecular level, when they are strained, enabling seamless integration into all types of structural systems.
Compact and Scalable
Kinetica’s scalable and compact solid-damping devices offer design freedom for any structural application.
Instantaneous Activation
Connected directly to the structure through specially detailed steel plate assemblies, solid-damping systems activate instantaneously, even at extremely small displacements, adding both damping and stiffness for all vibration amplitudes and types.
Fully Customizable
Kinetica’s solid-damping devices are readily available in a variety of configurations, but are also fully customizable to meet the specific requirements for each project.
Compliance Free
Kinetica’s solid-damping devices encompass all the properties for damping at the molecular level, eliminating the need for pistons, seals, pressurized fluids that are required for typical viscous damping applications – providing maintenance-free and compliance-free solutions for projects.