Design, Fabrication, Testing, and Fuzzy Modeling of a Large Magnetorheological Damper for Vibration Control in a Railcar

Joint Rail ◽  
2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vipul S. Atray ◽  
Paul N. Roschke
Keyword(s):  
Vibration Control ◽  
Testing Machine ◽  
Fuzzy Model ◽  
Mr Damper ◽  
Variable Magnetic Field ◽  
Magnetorheological Damper ◽  
Computational Time ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Current Design ◽  
Vertical Vibrations

This paper presents the procedure used for design, fabrication, testing, and numerical modeling of a magnetorheological (MR) damper that is to be applied for vibration control in a 70-ton railcar. MR dampers are semiactive vibration control devices whose damping characteristics can be modified in real time by varying an applied current. Design parameters for the MR damper are estimated from those exhibited by a linear viscous damper that exerts the necessary force required to limit vertical vibrations of the rail truck within acceptable limits. An MR damper is fabricated by modifying the piston of a standard hydraulic damper to function as a solenoid. The assembled MR damper is tested in a uniaxial testing machine by subjecting it to sinusoidal and random displacements while simultaneously varying the current flowing in the solenoid. A variable magnetic field is applied to the MR fluid that fills the damper cavity and the resisting force exerted by the damper is recorded. Data collected in the laboratory are used to train a fuzzy model of the MR damper that characterizes its behavior. Results indicate that a fuzzy model of the MR damper can predict its behavior with a sufficient degree of accuracy while requiring minimal computational time.

scholarly journals Vibration Control of Buildings Using Magnetorheological Damper: A New Control Algorithm

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aly Mousaad Aly
Keyword(s):  
Vibration Control ◽  
Control Algorithm ◽  
Fuzzy Logic Controller ◽  
Mr Damper ◽  
Maximum Energy ◽  
Magnetorheological Damper ◽  
Control Algorithms ◽  
Earthquake Loads ◽  
Building Model ◽  
Lyapunov Controller

This paper presents vibration control of a building model under earthquake loads. A magnetorheological (MR) damper is placed in the building between the first floor and ground for seismic response reduction. A new control algorithm to command the MR damper is proposed. The approach is inspired by a quasi-bang-bang controller; however, the proposed technique gives weights to control commands in a fashion that is similar to a fuzzy logic controller. Several control algorithms including decentralized bang-bang controller, Lyapunov controller, modulated homogeneous friction controller, maximum energy dissipation controller, and clipped-optimal controller are used for comparison. The new controller achieved the best reduction in maximum interstory drifts and maximum absolute accelerations over all the control algorithms presented. This reveals that the proposed controller with the MR damper is promising and may provide the best protection to the building and its contents.

Experimental Study on Multi-Mode Vibration Control of a Stay Cable with a Passive Magnetorheological Damper

2013 ◽  
Vol 361-363 ◽  
pp. 1402-1405
Author(s):  
Zhi Hao Wang
Keyword(s):  
Vibration Control ◽  
Mr Damper ◽  
Magnetorheological Damper ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Stay Cable ◽  
Mr Dampers ◽  
Stay Cables ◽  
Modal Damping ◽  
Mode Vibration ◽  
Multi Mode

Effective vibration control technology for stay cables is extremely critical to safe operations of cable-stayed bridges. For super-long cables, passive linear damper cannot provide sufficient damping since it can be only optimum for a given mode of cable, while a long cable may vibrate with several modes. This paper focuses on multi-mode vibration control of stay cables with passive magnetorheological (MR) dampers. Firstly, a 21.6m-long model cable was designed and established in the laboratory.Then, control performance of the cable with a passive MR damper was tested. The test results show that modal damping ratios of the cable in the first four modes can be improved significantly with the MR damper. It is further demonstrated that optimal tuned passively operated MR damper can outperform the passive viscous damper.

scholarly journals Vibration control of FSAE quarter car suspension test rig using magnetorheological damper

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 1281
Author(s):  
Muhammad Adhar Bagus ◽  
Azizan As’arry ◽  
Hesham Ahmed Abdul Mutaleb Abas ◽  
Abdul Aziz Hairuddin ◽  
Mohd Khair Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Vibration Control ◽  
Natural Frequency ◽  
Pid Controller ◽  
Mr Damper ◽  
Magnetorheological Damper ◽  
Test Rig ◽  
Damping Force ◽  
Car Suspension ◽  
Quarter Car ◽  
Suspension Test

Recently MRF damper -which has a significant controllable damping force - used frequently in many active and semi-active suspension systems. However, MRF damper needs controller to estimate the desired force to dissipate the occurred vibration instantaneously. PID controller is one of the effective feedback controllers which shows robustness and simplicity in control MRF dampers, but still the parameters of the PID controller under study to find out the optimum values. This study focused on the vibration control using Magneto-rheological (MR) damper on a FSAE quarter car suspension test rig to study and obtain the optimum running condition. The test rig was designed, modified and then tested using a P-controller integrated with MR damper, unbalance mass used as disturbance and analyzed using LABVIEW software in time and frequency domains. The natural frequency obtained was 2.2 Hz were similar to the actual FSAE car natural frequency. Based on the acceleration against time graph with different proportional gain value the optimal value for proportional gain, Kp was 1. Hence, the experiment work could be used as the initial stage to study and develop a robust controller to suppress vibration on a car.

A new adaptive hybrid controller for vibration control of a vehicle seat suspension featuring MR damper

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (20) ◽  
pp. 3392-3413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Do Xuan Phu ◽  
Sang-Min Choi ◽  
Seung-Bok Choi
Keyword(s):  
Vibration Control ◽  
Neural Control ◽  
Sliding Mode ◽  
Fuzzy Model ◽  
Fuzzy Rule ◽  
Mr Damper ◽  
Seat Suspension ◽  
Hybrid Controller ◽  
Interval Type ◽  
Vehicle Seat

This paper presents a new hybrid controller which is a combination of three control schemes: fuzzy neural control, PI control and sliding mode control. The interval type 2 fuzzy model featuring updated rules via online is used in this study and in order to support the fuzzy model, a granular clustering method is applied to find groups of data related to the initial fuzzy rule. Then the output for fuzzy model is used for the PI-sliding mode controller. The combination of PI and sliding mode controls is carried out by H-infinity technique method which is rely on the modified Riccati-like equation. After developing the mathematical model, the proposed controller is applied to vibration control of a vehicle seat suspension featuring magneto-rheological (MR) damper. In order to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed controller, two different excitations of bump and random signals are adopted and corresponding vibration control performances are evaluated. It is demonstrated through both simulation and experiment that the proposed controller can provide much better than vibration control performance compared with the conventional controllers showing more robust stability.

Experimental Study on Performance Characteristics of Magnetorheological Damper

2010 ◽  
Vol 37-38 ◽  
pp. 439-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen Ning Hou ◽  
Zhi Min Feng ◽  
Hai Gang Hu ◽  
Guang Bin Wu
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Vibration Control ◽  
Dynamic Testing ◽  
Active Vibration Control ◽  
Mr Damper ◽  
Performance Characteristics ◽  
Magnetorheological Damper ◽  
Structural Vibration ◽  
Structural Vibration Control ◽  
Active Vibration

MR dampers are new kind of the most promising devices for structural vibration control. In this paper, an overview of the structure and working principle of shear-valve mode magnetorheological (MR) damper is given. An experimental study was carried out to test the performance characteristics of a shear-valve mode MR damper, its dynamic testing was performed on a Material Testing System (MTS) under sinusoidal and triangle excitation. Based on experimental data, the dynamic characteristics, energy dissipation and dynamic response time were analyzed. The present work lays down a foundation for MR damper application in the semi-active vibration control system.

Testing and Modeling of MR Damper and Its Application to SDOF Systems Using Integral Backstepping Technique

2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sk. Faruque Ali ◽  
Ananth Ramaswamy
Keyword(s):  
Active Control ◽  
Testing Machine ◽  
Mr Damper ◽  
Control Device ◽  
Magnetorheological Damper ◽  
Input Current ◽  
Magnetorheological Dampers ◽  
Damper Control ◽  
Nonlinear Devices ◽  
Current Monitoring

Magnetorheological dampers are intrinsically nonlinear devices, which make the modeling and design of a suitable control algorithm an interesting and challenging task. To evaluate the potential of magnetorheological (MR) dampers in control applications and to take full advantages of its unique features, a mathematical model to accurately reproduce its dynamic behavior has to be developed and then a proper control strategy has to be taken that is implementable and can fully utilize their capabilities as a semi-active control device. The present paper focuses on both the aspects. First, the paper reports the testing of a magnetorheological damper with an universal testing machine, for a set of frequency, amplitude, and current. A modified Bouc–Wen model considering the amplitude and input current dependence of the damper parameters has been proposed. It has been shown that the damper response can be satisfactorily predicted with this model. Second, a backstepping based nonlinear current monitoring of magnetorheological dampers for semi-active control of structures under earthquakes has been developed. It provides a stable nonlinear magnetorheological damper current monitoring directly based on system feedback such that current change in magnetorheological damper is gradual. Unlike other MR damper control techniques available in literature, the main advantage of the proposed technique lies in its current input prediction directly based on system feedback and smooth update of input current. Furthermore, while developing the proposed semi-active algorithm, the dynamics of the supplied and commanded current to the damper has been considered. The efficiency of the proposed technique has been shown taking a base isolated three story building under a set of seismic excitation. Comparison with widely used clipped-optimal strategy has also been shown.

scholarly journals Design and Analysis of a New Magnetorheological Damper for Generation of Tunable Shock-Wave Profiles

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jong-Seok Oh ◽  
Tae-Hoon Lee ◽  
Seung-Bok Choi
Keyword(s):  
Shock Wave ◽  
Mr Damper ◽  
Wave Profile ◽  
Impact Testing ◽  
Magnetorheological Damper ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Testing System ◽  
Damping Force ◽  
Wave Profiles ◽  
Mass Spring

A new impact testing system with an integrated magnetorheological (MR) damper is proposed, and its dynamic characteristics are analyzed. The testing system consists of a velocity generator, impact mass, test mass, spring, and MR damper. In order to tune the dual shock-wave profile, a dynamic model was constructed, and the appropriate design parameters of the MR damper were then determined to produce the required damping force. Following this, an impact testing system was constructed to evaluate the design analysis and field-dependent dual shock-wave profiles. The experimental results of impact test showed that the dual shock-wave profile can be altered by changing the intensity of the magnetic field.

scholarly journals Modelling and performance evaluation of energy harvesting linear magnetorheological (MR) damper

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raju Ahamed ◽  
MM Rashid ◽  
MM Ferdaus ◽  
Hazlina B Yusuf
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Output Voltage ◽  
Testing Machine ◽  
Mr Damper ◽  
Magnetorheological Damper ◽  
Comsol Multiphysics ◽  
Damping Force ◽  
Universal Testing ◽  
Magnetorheological Damping ◽  
And Performance

In this study, an magnetorheological (MR) damper has been designed based on its energy harvesting capability which combines the key benefits of energy generation (reusing lost energy) and magnetorheological damping (controllable damping force). The energy harvesting part has a magnet and coil arrangement to generate energy. A two-dimensional axisymmetric model of the proposed magnetorheological damper is developed in COMSOL Multiphysics where different magnetic field properties are analysed generally by finite element method. Finally, the energy harvesting capability of the proposed magnetorheological damper model is tested by a universal testing machine and observed through an oscilloscope. The maximum induced output voltage was around 0.7 V.

Experimental Studies on Semi-Active Vibration Control of Jacket Platforms With Magnetorheological Damper

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunyan Ji
Keyword(s):  
Vibration Control ◽  
Model Experiment ◽  
Active Vibration Control ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Similarity Criterion ◽  
Mr Damper ◽  
Magnetorheological Damper ◽  
Control Effect ◽  
Jacket Platform ◽  
Active Vibration

Jacket platforms are inevitably undergoing the environmental loads such as wind, waves, current, ice and earthquake etc., which will induce continuous vibration of the platforms. The vibration, on one hand, will cause fatigue damage, decreasing the platform’s reliability; on the other hand, the excessive vibration can’t satisfy the basic psychological requirements of the personnel. In order to reduce the excessive vibration of jacket platforms effectively, many control strategy and control equipments are proposed and studied. In the present study, a model experiment is designed to investigate the effectiveness of semi-active vibration control system with Magnetorheological (MR) Damper. A typical jacket offshore platform in Mexico Gulf is selected as experimental prototype. The model of the jacket platform is designed based on dynamical similarity criterion by the scale of 1:50. Furthermore, the optimal semi-active system of MR damper is designed by fuzzy control theory. In order to investigate the control effect of MR damper on the jacket platform under regular and random wave state, several model experiment load cases are performed. The experimental results show that the MR system designed by fuzzy theory can reduce the vibration of the platform effectively and in the same time the control effect is stable.

DESIGN AND TESTING OF A COMPACT MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL DAMPER FOR HIGH IMPULSIVE LOADS

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (07n09) ◽  
pp. 1549-1555 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILLIAM B. FACEY ◽  
NICHOLAS C. ROSENFELD ◽  
YOUNG-TAI CHOI ◽  
NORMAN M. WERELEY ◽  
SEUNG BOK CHOI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Pressures ◽  
Testing Machine ◽  
Mr Damper ◽  
Hydraulic Testing ◽  
Magnetorheological Damper ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Damping Force ◽  
Mr Dampers ◽  
High Shock ◽  
Damper Design

Magnetorheological (MR) based semi-active dampers for the protection of sensitive devices against high shock and impact is examined from design considerations to characterization testing. Shock and impact dampers should be able to produce a high damping force at high velocities. However, a specification requiring high damping force generally causes an increase in the size of shock and impact dampers, which motivates the study of MR dampers to retrofit existing or conventional passive shock and impact dampers. A novel MR damper design was developed in this study for achieving both design goals: high force and compactness. The novel MR damper design increases the number of magnetically active volumes through which fluid to passes while minimizing damper length. Through FEM (Finite Element Method) analysis, the magnetic properties of the proposed design are investigated prior to actual fabrication. In addition to the unique magnetic circuit, other considerations stemming from the high pressures and velocities expected in this device are addressed. Characterization testing was performed up to 12 Hz with 1 inch sinusoidal stroke on a servo-hydraulic testing machine. These tests demonstrate that the MR damper is able to provide a high damping force at high velocity.

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