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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2018
Applicant:
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Michael Thouless, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ellen M. Arruda, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Tanaz Rahimzadeh, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Levon Cimonian, Kentwood, MI (US);
Marie Rice, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41H 5/04 (2006.01); F41H 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F41H 5/04 (2013.01); F41H 1/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tuning and mitigation system and method for mitigating a blast or impact event having an elastic layer having an acoustic impedance chosen to tune stress waves resulting from the blast or impact to one or more specific tuned frequencies, and a dissipative layer made of a viscoelastic material having a critical damping frequency that matches at least one or more specific tuned frequencies.