Frontal crash mitigation using MR impact damper for controllable bumper

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1211-1215

  Woo, David ^a   Choi, Seung Bok ^a   Young Tae Choi, ^b   Wereley, Norman M ^b  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Collision mitigation; Impact damper; Magnetorheological fluid; Vehicle bumper

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; VEHICLES;

COLLISION MITIGATION; FLOW MOTION; IMPACT DAMPERS; MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL FLUIDS; VEHICLE BUMPERS;

DAMPING;

EID: 36148940555     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: 15308138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X07083134     Document Type: Conference Paper

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