Optimal design of an MR device

Henri P. Gavin; Mark Evan Dobossy

doi:10.1117/12.434127

30 July 2001 Optimal design of an MR device

Henri P. Gavin, Mark Evan Dobossy

Proceedings Volume 4330, Smart Structures and Materials 2001: Smart Systems for Bridges, Structures, and Highways; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.434127
Event: SPIE's 8th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, 2001, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper presents a formulation for the optimal design of MR dampers. MR materials are suspensions of magnetically soft particles in a hydraulic medium. The application of intense magnetic flux to these materials gives rise to a fibrated microstructure which, when sheared, resists flow with yielding and viscous mechanisms. The yield stress is controllable by the magnetic field and is completely and immediately reversible when the field is removed. Controllable MR dampers utilizing MR materials entails a magnetic circuit consisting of a coil and low-permeability magnetic material to contain and guides the magnetic field.

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Henri P. Gavin and Mark Evan Dobossy "Optimal design of an MR device", Proc. SPIE 4330, Smart Structures and Materials 2001: Smart Systems for Bridges, Structures, and Highways, (30 July 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.434127

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