Damping materials

especially rubber damping materials

are a kind of special functional materials to absorb vibration and reduce noise. Because they can improve the work environment of human and machine and moreover enhance the design and manufacturing level

damping rubber materials have been widely used in multitudinous fields as high-speed train and light rail

aviation and spaceflight

marine warships

mechanical engineering and national security etc. However

with the speedy progress in social civilization

design and manufacture level

and the high and new technology

the quality requirement to rubber damping materials is becoming higher. It encourages the novel high performance damping rubber materials being competitively researched and exploited. In the article we will comment the latest research progress in damping rubber materials from such aspects as the rubber matrix selections

molecular structure and microstructure design

as well as construction on special damping mechanism etc.