THE RESPONSE PERFORMANCE OF ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL FLUIDS IN A CONTROL FLOW FIELD

Authors

  • Shisha Zhu School of Mechanical Engineering, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China
  • Kexiang Wei State Key Laboratory of Vibration, Shock & Noise, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • Qixin Wang School of Mechanical Engineering, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China
  • Yijian Huang College of Mechanical Engineering & Automation, Huaqiao University, Quanzhou 362011, China

Keywords:

electrorheological (ER) fluids, suspensions, control flow field, ER response, capture effect

Abstract

The accurate description of the flow behaviour is a key link for the practical application of electrorheological (ER) fluids in fluid control technology. This paper is concerned with an experimental determination of the response perfor-mance of ER fluids. A power source control system for ER fluids has been designed to obtain the flow information of the ER fluids in the practical application. The dynamic response of ER fluids in control flow field was experimentally measured. The experimental results show that the response characteristics of ER fluids in control flow field differ from that in rotary shearing flow field. Besides the ER effect, there is a concomitant-effect of ER response called “capture effect”.

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Author Biographies

Shisha Zhu, School of Mechanical Engineering, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China

Shisha Zhu He is currently a professor of School of Mechanical Engineering, Xiangtan Uni-versity. His research interests are fluid control and ER technology.

Kexiang Wei, State Key Laboratory of Vibration, Shock & Noise, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

Keixiang Wei He received the M.S. degree in mechani-cal engineering from Xiangtan University, China, in 2002. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research interests are applications of ER and MR technolo-gy.

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Published

2005-11-01

How to Cite

Zhu, S., Wei, K., Wang, Q., & Huang, Y. (2005). THE RESPONSE PERFORMANCE OF ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL FLUIDS IN A CONTROL FLOW FIELD. International Journal of Fluid Power, 6(3), 25–31. Retrieved from https://journals.riverpublishers.com/index.php/IJFP/article/view/565

Issue

2005: Vol 06 Iss 3

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Original Article

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