Development of a real-time tunable stiffness and damping vibration isolator based on magnetorheological elastomer

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-33

  Liao, G J ^a   Gong, X L ^a   Xuan, S H ^a   Kang, C J ^a   Zong, L H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

isolator; MRE; ON OFF control; variable stiffness and damping; voice coil motor

Indexed keywords

ISOLATOR; MRE; ON-OFF CONTROL; VARIABLE STIFFNESS; VOICE COIL MOTOR;

DAMPING; ELASTOMERS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

STIFFNESS;

EID: 84856756586     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: 15308138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X11429853     Document Type: Article

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