Dynamic and damping behaviour of a sandwich-structured hoof shoe with aluminium foam core

Geetha Sundaram, Prasannavenkadesan Varatharajan, Anandakrishnan Veeramani, Samuvel Meyyar, Alagappa Chettiar Government College of Engineering and Technology, Tamil Nadu, Queen Mary University of London, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu

Journal of Vibration and Control

Published online on April 15, 2026

Abstract

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This study presents a lightweight sandwich-structured hoof shoe designed to specifically improve stiffness, load sharing, and dynamic response. The composite structure consists of 1 mm SS 304 stainless steel face plates bonded to a 10 mm aluminium foam ...