Development and Verification of Viscoelasticity Measurement System of MR Fluids in Magnetic Field

2012 ◽  
Vol 721 ◽  
pp. 114-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuta Enokizono ◽  
Takashi Todaka ◽  
Masato Enokizono

MR (Magnetic Rheological) fluid is a kind of functional fluid, which can be hardened by impressing magnetic flux. MR fluid has the high speed response to the external magnetic field and a big yield stress in comparison with the ferrofluid. In recent years, various devices utilizing MR fluid have been developed. Such developments are enabled with knowledge based on measured viscoelastic properties of MR fluid. However, precise measurement to obtain effect of the magnetic field on viscoelasticity is very difficult. The difficulty exists in generating a uniform magnetic field and evaluating the effective magnetic field. Accurate measurements become possible by solving these problems. In this paper, we propose a new magneto-viscoelasticity measurement system of MR fluid, which can generate a uniform magnetic field.

2010 ◽  
Vol 123-125 ◽  
pp. 991-994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Izwan Ismail ◽  
Saiful Amri Mazlan ◽  
Abdul Ghani Olabi

In this study, a testing rig in squeeze was designed and developed with the ability to conduct various tests especially for quasi-static squeezing at different values of magnetic field strength. Finite Element Method Magnetics (FEMM) was utilized to simulate the magnetic field distribution and magnetic flux lines generation from electromagnetic coil to the testing rig. Tests were conducted with two types of MR fluid. MRF-132DG was used to obtain the behaviour of MR fluid, while synthesized epoxy-based MR fluid was used for investigating the magnetic field distribution with regards to particle chains arrangement. Simulation results of the rig design showed that the magnetic flux density was well distributed across the tested materials. Magnetic flux lines were aligned with force direction to perform squeeze tests. Preliminary experimental results showed that stress-strain pattern of MR fluids were in agreement with previous results. The epoxy-based MR samples produced excellent metallographic samples for carbonyl iron particles distributions and particle chain structures investigation.


2011 ◽  
Vol 305 ◽  
pp. 344-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Yun Wang ◽  
Hui Qiang Zheng

The mechanical properties of a magnetorheological (MR) fluid in shearing, compression and shearing after compression have been studied in the magnetic field which is generated by a coil carrying different magnitudes of DC electrical current on a self-constructed test system. The relations of compression stress versus compression strain, yield stress versus compression stress were studied under different magnetic fields. The compressing tests showed that the MR fluid is very stiff at small compressive strains lower than 0.13. The shear yield stress of MR fluids after compression was much stronger than that of uncompressed MR fluids under the same magnetic field. The enhanced shear yield stress of MR fluids can be utilized to design the MR clutch and brake for new structure and will make MR fluids technology attractive for many applications.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyo Seon Jang ◽  
Qi Lu ◽  
Hyoung Jin Choi

Hard-magnetic barium ferrite (BF) nanoparticles with a hexagonal plate-like structure were used as an additive to a carbonyl iron (CI) microparticle-based magnetorheological (MR) fluid. The morphology of the pristine CI and CI/BF mixture particles was examined by scanning electron microscopy. The saturation magnetization and coercivity values of each particle were measured in the powder state by vibrating sample magnetometry. The MR characteristics of the CI/BF MR fluid measured using a rotation rheometer under a range of magnetic field strengths were compared with those of the CI-based MR fluid. The flow behavior of both MR fluids was fitted using a Herschel–Bulkley model, and their stress relaxation phenomenon was examined using the Schwarzl equation. The MR fluid with the BF additive showed higher dynamic and elastic yield stresses than the MR fluid without the BF additive as the magnetic field strength increased. Furthermore, the BF nanoparticles embedded in the space between the CI microparticles improved the dispersion stability and the MR performance of the MR fluid.


Author(s):  
Andrea Spaggiari ◽  
Eugenio Dragoni

Several applications of magnetorheological (MR) fluids are nowadays present in the industrial world, however sometimes system requirements require better material properties. In technical literature an interesting previous work shows that MR fluids exhibit a pressure dependency called squeeze strengthen effect. Since a lot of MR fluid based devices are rotary devices, this paper investigates the behaviour of MR fluids under pressure when a rotation is applied to shear the fluid. The system is designed in order to apply both the magnetic field and the pressure following a Design of Experiment method. The experimental apparatus comprises a cylinder in which a piston is used both to apply the pressure and to apply a prescribed rotation. The magnetic circuit is designed to provide a nearly constant induction field in the MR fluid. The experimental apparatus measures torque as a function of the variables considered and the yield shear stress is computed. A statistical analysis of the results shows that there is a positive interaction between magnetic field and pressure, which enhance the MR fluid performances more than two times.


Author(s):  
Yingzi Chen ◽  
Zhiyuan Yang ◽  
Wenxiong Peng ◽  
Huaiqing Zhang

Magnetic pulse welding is a high-speed welding technology, which is suitable for welding light metal materials. In the magnetic pulse welding system, the field shaper can increase the service life of the coil and contribute to concentrating the magnetic field in the welding area. Therefore, optimizing the structure of the field shaper can effectively improve the efficiency of the system. This paper analyzed the influence of cross-sectional shape and inner angle of the field shaper on the ability of concentrating magnetic field via COMSOL software. The structural strength of various field shapers was also analyzed in ABAQUS. Simulation results show that the inner edge of the field shaper directly affects the deformation and welding effect of the tube. So, a new shape of field shaper was proposed and the experimental results prove that the new field shaper has better performance than the conventional field shaper.


2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (06n07) ◽  
pp. 758-766 ◽  
Author(s):  
SONIA MELLE ◽  
MIGUEL A. RUBIO ◽  
GERALD G. FULLER

The formation and orientation of field-induced structures in magnetorheological (MR) fluids subject to rotating magnetic fields have been studied using two optical methods: scattering dichroism and small angle light scattering (SALS). The SALS patterns show how these chain-like aggregates follow the magnetic field with the same frequency but with a retarded phase angle for all the frequencies measured. Using scattering dichroism two different behaviors for both, dichroism and phase lag, are found below or above a critical frequency. Experimental results have been reproduced by a simple model considering the torques balance on the chain-like aggregates.


2006 ◽  
Vol 129 (4) ◽  
pp. 423-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Lloyd ◽  
Miquel O. Hayesmichel ◽  
Clark J. Radcliffe

Magnetorheological (MR) fluids change their physical properties when subjected to a magnetic field. As this change occurs, the specific values of the physical properties are a function of the fluid’s time-varying organization state. This results in a nonlinear, hysteretic, time-varying fluid property response to direct magnetic field excitation. Permeability, resistivity and permittivity changes of MR fluid were investigated and their suitability to indicate the organizational state of the fluid, and thus other transport properties, was determined. High sensitivity of permittivity and resistivity to particle organization and applied field was studied experimentally. The measurable effect of these material properties can be used to implement an MR fluid state sensor.


The stability of viscous flow between two coaxial cylinders maintained by a constant transverse pressure gradient is considered when the fluid is an electrical conductor and a uniform magnetic field is impressed in the axial direction. The problem is solved and the dependence of the critical number for the onset of instability on the strength of the magnetic field and the coefficient of electrical conductivity of the fluid is determined.


Universe ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 467
Author(s):  
Fayçal Hammad ◽  
Alexandre Landry ◽  
Parvaneh Sadeghi

The relativistic wave equation for spin-1/2 particles in the interior Schwarzschild solution in the presence of a uniform magnetic field is obtained. The fully relativistic regime is considered, and the energy levels occupied by the particles are derived as functions of the magnetic field, the radius of the massive sphere and the total mass of the latter. As no assumption is made on the relative strengths of the particles’ interaction with the gravitational and magnetic fields, the relevance of our results to the physics of the interior of neutron stars, where both the gravitational and the magnetic fields are very intense, is discussed.


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