Abstract
In this paper, a new porous foam magntrorheological (MR) fluid damper is proposed. In the action of magnetic field, the
metal foam is used to store and release the MR fluids. It is worthy to study the time MR fluids can be extracted and
produce damping force. Therefore, the critical magnetic field intensity is investigated experimentally by a custom-made
test rig. The experimental results show that when magnetic field intensity increased to a critical value, the MR fluids are
extracted out from the porous foam into shear gap, and move with the piston, the shear damping force begin to change..
Keywords
Critical magnetic field, Magnetorheological (MR) fluid, MR damper, Porous foam.
Citation
LIU X. HU, H. ZHANG, GAO X. LI, YAO X. YAN, SUN MENG, Critical magnetic field analysis of porous foam magnetorheological (MR) fluid damper, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 10, 1-2, January-February 2016, pp.74-77 (2016).
Submitted at: Oct. 22, 2013
Accepted at: Feb. 10, 2016