An innovative magnetorheological damper for automotive suspension: From design to experimental characterization

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 811-822

  Sassi, Sadok ^a   Cherif, Khaled ^b   Mezghani, Lotfi ^c   Thomas, Marc ^d   Kotrane, Asma ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

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

^c Zone Industrielle Bir El Kasaa ^*  (Tunisia)

^d ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE SUSPENSIONS; CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC FIELDS; MECHANICAL CONTROL EQUIPMENT; RHEOLOGY; VIBRATION CONTROL;

ELECTRONIC CONTROLS; HARMONIC EXCITATIONS; MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL FLUIDS (MRF); MAGNETORHEOLOLGICAL DAMPERS;

DAMPING;

EID: 23444432304     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/14/4/041     Document Type: Article

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