Software Equhyste - Equivalent viscous damping

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Equhyste I created a handy tool to calculate the area of a hysteresis loop and its equivalent viscous damping. Though the calculation isn’t particularly complex, repetitive tasks can become tedious sometimes. This software can compute the complete cycles of a hysteresis loop, the area of each cycle, and the equivalent viscous damping corresponding to each cycle. The equivalent viscous damping is calculated using the following formula,

\[{h_{eq}} = \frac{\Delta A}{4\pi \cdot A}\]

Where: $\Delta A$ is the area of the hysteresis loop, and $A$ is the area of the shaded triangle OAB.

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With the formula above, we can quickly calculate the equivalent viscous damping,

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Download and Installation

The software is compatible with Windows (x32, x64) platforms: DOWNLOAD

Basic Operation

The software accepts text files with two columns of data, separated by commas, tabs, spaces, carats (^), or slashes (/). The following separator styles are supported,

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The graphical area supports both keyboard and mouse operations:

  • ”+”: Zoom in
  • ”-“: Zoom out
  • “↑”: Move up
  • “↓”: Move down
  • “←”: Move left
  • “→”: Move right
  • Drag with the left mouse button to zoom in
  • Right-click to zoom out