A nonlinear analytical model for magnetorheological energy absorbers under impact conditions

Proceedings of the ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems 2009, SMASIS2009

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 393-404

  Mao, Min ^a   Hu, Wei ^a   Wereley, Norman M ^a   Browne, Alan L ^b   Ulicny, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; BP MODEL; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; CONTROL LOADS; D CENTERS; DAMPING EFFECT; DAMPING FORCES; DESIGN CHALLENGES; DESIGN STRATEGIES; DROP IMPACT; DROP-TOWER FACILITY; DYNAMIC RANGE; ENERGY ABSORBERS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOWS; HIGH SPEED IMPACT; IMPACT EVENTS; IMPACT LOADS; LOSS FACTOR; MAGNETO-RHEOLOGICAL; MEASURED DATA; NONLINEAR FLOW; PAYLOAD MASS; PISTON VELOCITY; SEMI-ANALYTICAL; SHAFT SPEED;

DAMPING; DROPS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 77953774367     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/SMASIS2009-1447     Document Type: Conference Paper

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