Magnetorheological damper modeling based on a refined constitutive model for MR fluids

2021 ◽  
pp. 1045389X2110482
Author(s):  
Pei Pei ◽  
Yongbo Peng ◽  
Canxing Qiu
Keyword(s):  
Constitutive Model ◽  
Mr Damper ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
Magnetorheological Damper ◽  
Hysteretic Behavior ◽  
Bingham Plastic ◽  
Mr Fluids ◽  
Particle Level ◽  
Comparable Accuracy ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Cfd

A systematic modeling study is conducted to predict the dynamic response of magnetorheological (MR) damper based on a refined constitutive model for MR fluids. A particle-level simulation method is first employed to probe the microstructured behavior and rheological properties of MR fluids, based on which the refined constitutive model is developed. The constitutive model is further validated by comparing the predicted results with the data obtained from microscopic simulations and existing experiments. It is revealed that the proposed constitutive model has comparable accuracy and good applicability in representing MR fluids. Subsequently, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model is established to explore MR damper’s behavior by using the proposed constitutive model to describe the fluid rheology. For better capturing the dynamic hysteretic behavior of MR damper, a modified parametric model is developed by combing the Bingham plastic model and the proposed constitutive model. The modified model for MR damper shows its validity and superiority over the existing Bingham plastic models.

scholarly journals Flow Mode Magnetorheological Dampers with an Eccentric Gap

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 931683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young-Tai Choi ◽  
Norman M. Wereley
Keyword(s):  
Constitutive Model ◽  
Mr Damper ◽  
Flow Mode ◽  
Rectangular Duct ◽  
Damping Force ◽  
Bingham Plastic ◽  
Mr Dampers ◽  
Annular Gap ◽  
Field Dependent ◽  
Viscous Field

This paper analyzes flow mode magnetorheological (MR) dampers with an eccentric annular gap (i.e., a nonuniform annular gap). To this end, an MR damper analysis for an eccentric annular gap is constructed based on approximating the eccentric annular gap using a rectangular duct with a variable gap, as well as a Bingham-plastic constitutive model of the MR fluid. Performance of flow mode MR dampers with an eccentric gap was assessed analytically using both field-dependent damping force and damping coefficient, which is the ratio of equivalent viscous field-on damping to field-off damping. In addition, damper capabilities of flow mode MR dampers with an eccentric gap were compared to a concentric gap (i.e., uniform annular gap).

scholarly journals A novel inverse dynamic model for a magnetorheological damper based on network inversion

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (15) ◽  
pp. 3434-3453 ◽  
Author(s):  
MJL Boada ◽  
BL Boada ◽  
V Diaz
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Model ◽  
Vibration Isolation ◽  
Mr Damper ◽  
Inverse Model ◽  
Magnetorheological Damper ◽  
Hysteretic Behavior ◽  
Inverse Dynamic ◽  
Inverse Dynamic Model ◽  
Mr Dampers ◽  
Highly Nonlinear

Semi-active suspensions based on magnetorheological (MR) dampers are receiving significant attention, especially for control of vibration isolation systems. The nonlinear hysteretic behavior of MR dampers can cause serious problems in controlled systems, such as instability and loss of robustness. Most of the developed controllers determine the desired damping forces which should be produced by the MR damper. Nevertheless, the MR damper behavior can only be controlled in terms of the applied current (or voltage). In addition to this, it is necessary to develop an adequate inverse dynamic model in order to calculate the command current (or voltage) for the MR damper to generate the desired forces as close as possible to the optimal ones. Due to MR dampers being highly nonlinear devices, the inverse dynamics model is difficult to obtain. In this paper, a novel inverse MR damper model based on a network inversion is presented to estimate the necessary current (or voltage) such that the desired force is exerted by the MR damper. The proposed inverse model is validated by carrying out experimental tests. In addition, a comparison of simulated tests with other damper controllers is also presented. Results show the effectiveness of the network inversion for inverse modeling of an MR damper. Thus, the proposed inverse model can act as a damper controller to generate the command current (or voltage) to track the desired damping force.

Designing Requirement of Spring and MR Damper for New Type Baby Car Seat

2015 ◽  
Vol 741 ◽  
pp. 28-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang Hyun Cho ◽  
Seung Bok Choi
Keyword(s):  
Mr Damper ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Magnetorheological Damper ◽  
Car Seat ◽  
Car Safety ◽  
New Type ◽  
Design Requirements ◽  
The Law ◽  
Car Accident ◽  
Safety Seat

In modern society, a plenty of car accident is occurred and a lot of people get injury every day. For this reason, the importance of car safety has been increased and car safety has been extensively studied. Especially in many countries, the law about using baby safety seat is legislated to protect babies and children from accident. Thus, recently numerous products for baby safety have been developed. In this paper, a new type baby car seat is proposed to protect babies and children from frontal accident. In order to achieve this goal, design requirements of spring and MR(Magnetorheological) Damper which are main elements for a new type baby car seat are investigated.

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 Research on the Vibration Reduction and Impact Resistance Performances of Offshore Structure Based on Magnetorheological Damper

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhongchao Deng ◽  
Dagang Zhang ◽  
Xiongliang Yao
Keyword(s):  
Vibration Reduction ◽  
Impact Resistance ◽  
Mr Damper ◽  
Magnetorheological Damper ◽  
Offshore Structure ◽  
Loading System ◽  
Vibration Experiment ◽  
Exciting Forces ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Impact Experiments

This paper presents a new kind of vibration reduction and impact resistance isolator system based on magnetorheological technique, and its experiment results. The vibration and impact experiments were designed using MTS hydraulic loading system. There were many load cases being applied in the experiment with different mass of the model, exciting forces, and controllable electricity of MR damper (Magnetorheological Damper). The experiment results indicate that this isolator system can control the vibration response very well, especially near the natural frequency of the system; and the isolator system has a good performance in the impact experiment too, the response acceleration was evidently reduced, but the characteristic of MR damper was different form its performance in vibration experiment.

Research on CFD Simulation of the Cement Slurry Mixer

2012 ◽  
Vol 621 ◽  
pp. 196-199
Author(s):  
Shui Ping LI ◽  
Ya Li Yuan ◽  
Lu Gang Shi
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Internal Flow ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
Cement Slurry ◽  
Fluid Machinery ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Cfd ◽  
Machinery Design

Numerical simulation method of the internal flow field of fluid machinery has become an important technology in the study of fluid machinery design. In order to obtain a high-performance cement slurry mixer, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques are used to simulate the flow field in the mixer, and the simulation results are studied. According to the analysis results, the structural parameters of the mixer are modified. The results show the mixer under the revised parameters meet the design requirements well. So CFD analysis method can shorten design period and provide valuable theoretical guidance for the design of fluid machinery.

scholarly journals Experimental Analysis of Power Flows in the Regenerative Vibration Reduction System with a Magnetorheological Damper

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 848
Author(s):  
Bogdan Sapiński ◽  
Paweł Orkisz ◽  
Łukasz Jastrzębski
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Experimental Analysis ◽  
Vibration Reduction ◽  
Mr Damper ◽  
Magnetorheological Damper ◽  
Test Rig ◽  
Instantaneous Power ◽  
Reduction System ◽  
Inertial Energy ◽  
Regenerative Vibration

The aim of the work is to investigate power flows in the vibration reduction system equipped with a magnetorheological (MR) damper and energy regeneration. For this purpose, experiments were conducted in the test rig compound of the shaker and the vibration reduction system (electromagnetic harvester, MR damper, spring) which are attached to the sprung mass. The experimental data acquired under sine excitations enabled us to analyze instantaneous power fluxes, as well as a rate of inertial energy changes in the system.

scholarly journals Robust H∞ Control of STMDs Used in Structural Systems by Hardware in the Loop Simulation Method

Actuators ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Huseyin Aggumus ◽  
Rahmi Guclu
Keyword(s):  
Natural Frequencies ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Mr Damper ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
Control Element ◽  
Structural Systems ◽  
Hardware In The Loop ◽  
Building Model ◽  
Mass Damper ◽  
Set Up

This paper investigated the performance of a semi-active tuned mass damper (STMD) on a multi-degree of freedom (MDOF) building model. A magnetorheological (MR) damper was used as a control element that provided semi-activity in the STMD. The Hardware in the Loop Simulation (HILS) method was applied to mitigate the difficulty and expense of experimental studies, as well as to obtain more realistic results from numerical simulations. In the implementation of this method for the STMD, the MR damper was set up experimentally, other parts of the system were modeled as computer simulations, and studies were carried out by operating these two parts simultaneously. System performance was investigated by excitation with two different acceleration inputs produced from the natural frequencies of the MDOF building. Additionally, a robust H ∞ controller was designed to determine the voltage transmitted to the MR damper. The results showed that the HILS method could be applied successfully to STMDs used in structural systems, and robust H ∞ controls improve system responses with semi-active control applications. Moreover, the control performance of the MR damper develops with an increase in the mass of the STMD.

scholarly journals Design and multi-physics optimization of a novel magnetorheological damper with a variable resistance gap

2016 ◽  
Vol 231 (17) ◽  
pp. 3152-3168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiajia Zheng ◽  
Yancheng Li ◽  
Jiong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Optimization Problem ◽  
Dynamic Range ◽  
Mr Damper ◽  
Magnetorheological Damper ◽  
Voltage Source ◽  
Damping Force ◽  
Variable Resistance ◽  
Design Variables ◽  
Electromagnetic Coils ◽  
Vibration Performance

This paper presents the design and multi-physics optimization of a novel multi-coil magnetorheological (MR) damper with a variable resistance gap (VRG-MMD). Enabling four electromagnetic coils (EMs) with individual exciting currents, a simplified magnetic equivalent circuit was presented and the magnetic flux generated by each voltage source passing through each active gap was calculated as vector operations. To design the optimal geometry of the VRG-MMD, the multi-physics optimization problem including electromagnetics and fluid dynamics has been formulated as a multi-objective function with weighting ratios among total damping force, dynamic range, and inductive time constant. Based on the selected design variables (DVs), six cases with different weighting ratios were optimized using Bound Optimization BY Quadratic Approximation (BOBYQA) technique. Finally, the vibration performance of the optimal VRG-MMD subjected to sinusoidal and triangle displacement excitations was compared to that of the typical multi-coil MR damper.

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