Design and characterization of a small-scale magnetorheological damper for tremor suppression

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 96-103

  Case, David ^a   Taheri, Behzad ^a   Richer, Edmond ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic liquids; medical robotics; orthotics

Indexed keywords

BINGHAM-PLASTIC MODELS; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; MAGNETIC LIQUIDS; MAGNETO-RHEOLOGICAL DAMPERS; MEDICAL ROBOTICS; ORTHOSIS; REHABILITATION ROBOTICS; SEISMIC VIBRATIONS; UPPER LIMBS; VARIABLE DAMPING;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORTHOTICS; ROBOTICS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

DAMPING;

EID: 84866501249     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2011.2151204     Document Type: Article

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