A damping structure includes a member defining an internal cavity; an
aggregate which includes at least solid bodies in contact and which
completely fills the internal cavity; a rigid plate for closing off the
internal cavity; and an elastic element which exerts elastic pressure on
the rigid plate so as to constrain the aggregate. The member defining the
cavity may be elongate with the internal cavity being formed
longitudinally inside the member. At least some of said solid bodies may
be hollow or solid, compact, made of different materials, of different
shapes, and/or of different sizes.