Monday 8th June 2026

Attendance to euspen‘s 2026 tutorial are €195 per tutorial.

euspen’s 2026 extensive tutorial programme will cover a range of key topics for the precision engineer

Whilst covering a clear technical curriculum, tutorials are less formal than a lecture; providing more personalised learning in a social atmosphere.
They incorporate existing challenges in the workplace which cover conceptual theories through to best practice applications.
These tutorials will take place on Monday 8th June 2026.

Summary:

Specifications on the dynamic position stability of systems become increasingly tighter. A very effective and robust way to improve the system dynamics is by adding damping. This can either be done in an active (e.g. feedback control) or in a passive manner. In several applications, passive damping can be considered as an excellent alternative to active damping, or can even be an addition to active systems to suppress resonances which limit the controller bandwidth and to increase the robustness of the system.

The focus of the course is on viscoelastic material damping, on the reason of simplicity, cost and robustness compared to other passive damping principles.

Viscoelastic materials are applied in the past in various applications to achieve damping, however in many of these applications the precise performance is less critical and often by ‘trial and error’ the design is realized. In our high-end performance applications, the complexity, requirements and conditions are such that extensive modelling is necessary and predictability of the final performance is crucial for a successful design of the entire system. The tutorial focusses on visco-elastic material properties, modelling and designing with viscoelastic materials in a predictable manner.

Tutorial subjects

• Understanding the dynamic behaviour of viscoelastic material (frequency and temperature dependence)
• Material characterization and modelling of viscoelastic materials dynamically
• Dynamic system modelling with viscoelastic materials
• Examples by means of several cases: high and low frequency applications
• During the course the participant will be actively involved by means of example cases (hand calculations need to be done)
• Several example materials and designs will be shown.

The course covers the basics on viscoelastic material properties, relevant for damping applications in mechatronic systems and offers the participant a methodology for designing with viscoelastic materials, in a predictable manner

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