A new approach to magnetorheological damping control

Magnetorheological fluids are widely used as their rheological behavior can be reversibly changed with simplicity. These fluids have important applications in the field of damping systems. In the paper a brief description of their properties is given at first. Then, problems in designing magnetorheological (MR) dampers caused by the nonlinear behavior of these MR dampers are examined with regard to accuracy and implementation of the models proposed in literature. Finally it´s described in detail a new measurement method that has been thought by the authors to characterize and then control magnetorheological dampers for automotive applications.