A new measurement method for operation mode dependent dynamic behavior of magnetorheological fluid

This paper presents a new measurement method to investigate the operational mode dependent dynamic behavior of magnetorheological fluid. The proposed measurement system is designed using an electromagnetically actuating cylindrical rod coupled with the magnetorheological fluid squeezing setup. The cylindrical rod is clamped to base at one end and the other end is free to move in the z- and y-axis. A disc-type permanent magnet is attached to the free end of the cantilever rod and an electromagnetic actuator is placed nearer to the permanent magnet. The magnetorheological fluid squeezing setup is mounted nearer to the fixed end. The magnetorheological squeezing setup is designed using two electromagnetic coils placed face to face in z-axis with the gap of “d”. The magnetorheological fluid is placed between the gap “d” to form the squeezing effect. The direction of vibration of the cantilever rod to bottom surface is determined by the angular position of electromagnetic actuator. The actuator position is fixed to the desired angle with the help of stepper motor setup. The horizontal direction of vibration of cantilever rod produces the shear mode operation of the magnetorheological fluid in the magnetorheological fluid squeezing setup. Similarly, the vertical and intermediate direction of vibration of rod produces the squeeze and coupled mode operation of the magnetorheological fluid, respectively. The analytical and experiment analyses to determine the dynamic damping behavior of the magnetorheological particles for various directions of actuation angle is undertaken using the proposed measurement system. The analytical model of the proposed measurement system is firstly derived and the experimental setup is then developed in real-time laboratory environment. The analytical and experimental results show that the dynamic damping behavior of squeeze mode operation of the magnetorheological fluid is superior to the shear and coupled mode operation of the magnetorheological fluid. The effectiveness and novelty of the proposed measurement system is demonstrated by presenting dynamic force variation and vibration amplitude reduction at different modes like squeeze, shear, and intermediate mode operation of the magnetorheological fluid.