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Table 2 Classification of linear damping mechanisms

From: Design strategies for controlling damping in micromechanical and nanomechanical resonators

Boundary damping

Fluid–structure interactions

Material damping

Elastic wave radiationâ– 

[20–39]

Viscous dampingâ– 

[40–42]

Thermoelastic dampingâ– 

[43–59]

Microslidingâ–²

[60–63]

Squeeze-film dampingâ– 

[16, 64]

Phonon-phonon interactions§

[65–67]

Viscoelasticityâ–²

[9]

Acoustic radiationâ– 

[68]

Phonon–electron interactions§

[6, 65]

Internal flowâ– 

[69, 70]

Internal Frictionâ–²

[4, 5, 71–84]