  A model for harmonic oscillator damping due to the internal friction of
solids has been developed, based on considerations of a long period pendulum.
The assumption of a complex elastic modulus to describe stress-strain
hysteresis in the support structure of the pendulum yields an expression for
the figure of merit Q that agrees with many experiments involving material
damping. As such, the approximations of this linear model stand in contrast
with common theory.
