Optimal design of high damping force engine mount featuring MR valve structure with both annular and radial flow paths

This paper focuses on the optimal design of a compact and high damping force engine mount featuring magnetorheological fluid (MRF). In the mount, a MR valve structure with both annular and radial flows is employed to generate a high damping force. First, the configuration and working principle of th...

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Veröffentlicht in:Smart materials and structures 2013-11, Vol.22 (11), p.115024-1-10
Hauptverfasser: Nguyen, Q H, Choi, S B, Lee, Y S, Han, M S
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This paper focuses on the optimal design of a compact and high damping force engine mount featuring magnetorheological fluid (MRF). In the mount, a MR valve structure with both annular and radial flows is employed to generate a high damping force. First, the configuration and working principle of the proposed MR mount is introduced. The MRF flows in the mount are then analyzed and the governing equations of the MR mount are derived based on the Bingham plastic behavior of the MRF. An optimal design of the MR mount is then performed to find the optimal structure of the MR valve to generate a maximum damping force with certain design constraints. In addition, the gap size of MRF ducts is empirically chosen considering the 'lockup' problem of the mount at high frequency. Performance of the optimized MR mount is then evaluated based on finite element analysis and discussions on performance results of the optimized MR mount are given. The effectiveness of the proposed MR engine mount is demonstrated via computer simulation by presenting damping force and power consumption.
ISSN:0964-1726
1361-665X
DOI:10.1088/0964-1726/22/11/115024