Proportional feedback control of an electro-rheological vibration damper

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 426-433

  Sims, N D ^a   Stanway, R ^a   Beck, S B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; DAMPING; FEEDBACK CONTROL; LINEARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROPORTIONAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

ELECTRO RHEOLOGICAL VIBRATION DAMPER;

VIBRATION CONTROL;

EID: 0031131249     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X9700800505     Document Type: Article

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