On the design and testing of a smart car damper based on electro-rheological technology

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 873-880

  Sassi, Sadok ^a   Cherif, Khaled ^b   Thomas, Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b Institut National de Recherche et d'Analyse Physico Chimique Tunis   (Tunisia)

^c ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; RHEOLOGY; STIFFNESS; VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS;

CAR DAMPERS; DAMPING CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRO-RHEOLOGICAL (ER) TECHNOLOGY; SEMI-ACTIVE CAR SUSPENSIONS;

DAMPING;

EID: 23244450981     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/12/6/003     Document Type: Article

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