Rice husk is an agricultural byproduct available in very large quantities throughout the world. Rice husk, which essentially protects the rice grain during growth, contains approximately 90 to 95% silica and the rest being minor oxides. In recent years considerable efforts have been made to utilize the silicon rich rice husk ash for making useful products. Recently efforts are being made to find value addition to these byproducts by using them as secondary resource materials. Damping capacity is a manifestation of anelastic behavior, i.e. a time-dependent response to an applied load....
Rice husk is an agricultural byproduct available in very large quantities throughout the world. Rice husk, which essentially protects the rice grain d...