Development and analysis of a variable stiffness damper using an MR bladder

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Li, W H ^a   Wang, X Y ^a   Zhang, X Z ^a   Zhou, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELDS; DAMPING COEFFICIENTS; DYNAMIC BEHAVIOURS; DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; EFFECTIVE STIFFNESS; MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL FLUIDS; MR FLUID; SIMULATION RESULT; STRUCTURAL VIBRATIONS; VALVE CONTROL; VARIABLE STIFFNESS; VIBRATION SUPPRESSION;

DAMPING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

VIBRATION CONTROL;

EID: 68549130883     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/18/7/074007     Document Type: Article

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