Energy Absorber Using a Magnetorheological Bypass Valve Filled With Ferromagnetic Beads

Author

Hu, Wei ; Cook, Eugene ; Wereley, Norman M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Aerosp. Eng., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD

Volume

43

Issue

6

fYear

2007

fDate

6/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2695

Lastpage

2697

Abstract

An energy absorber using a magnetorheological (MR) bypass valve filled with ferromagnetic beads was designed, fabricated, and its performance evaluated empirically. Spherical ferromagnetic beads were randomly packed inside a hollow nonmagnetic stainless steel tube comprising the bypass valve body. A key objective was to understand the interaction of magnetic and fluidic mechanisms as the MR fluid flows through a cylinder of randomly packed ferromagnetic beads. Behavior of the energy absorber using different diameters of ferromagnetic beads was measured using a servo-hydraulic testing machine. The relationship between the damping performance of the energy absorber and the ferromagnetic bead diameter was evaluated in terms of maximum controllable damping force, damping control range, and frequency bandwidth

Keywords

damping; ferromagnetic materials; magnetic devices; magnetic fluids; magnetic hysteresis; magnetorheology; damping force; energy absorber; fluidic mechanisms; frequency bandwidth; hollow nonmagnetic stainless steel tube; magnetic interaction; magnetorheological bypass valve; magnetorheological fluid flows; randomly packed ferromagnetic bead; servo-hydraulic testing machine; spherical ferromagnetic bead; Bandwidth; Damping; Energy measurement; Fluid flow; Fluid flow control; Force control; Frequency; Steel; Testing; Valves; Bypass valve; damping; energy absorber; ferromagnetic beads; hysteresis; magneto-rheological fluids; magnetorheology;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMAG.2007.893841

Filename

4202771