Semiactive control devices have received significant attention in recent years because they offer the adaptability of active control devices without requiring the associated large power sources. Magnetorheological (MR) dampers are semiactive control devices that use MR fluids to produce controllable dampers. They potentially offer highly reliable operation and can be viewed as fail-safe in that they become passive dampers should the control hardware malfunction. To develop control algorithms that take full advantage of the unique features of the MR damper, models must be developed that can adequately characterize the damper's intrinsic nonlinear behavior. Following a review of several idealized mechanical models for controllable fluid dampers, a new model is proposed that can effectively portray the behavior of a typical MR damper. Comparison with experimental results for a prototype damper indicates that the model is accurate over a wide range of operating conditions and is adequate for control design an...

Phenomenological model for magnetorheological dampers

Review of State of Art of Smart Structures and Integrated Systems

http://sstl.cee.illinois.edu/papers/Engineering_Structures.pdf

Large-scale MR fluid dampers: modeling and dynamic performance considerations

Semi-active control devices have received significant attention in recent years because they offer the adaptability of active control devices without requiring the associated large power sources. Magnetorheological (MR) dampers are semi-active control devices that use MR fluids to produce controllable dampers. They potentially offer highly reliable operation and can be viewed as fail-safe in that they become passive dampers should the control hardware malfunction. To develop control algorithms that take maximum advantage of the unique features of the MR damper, models must be developed that can adequately characterize the damper’s intrinsic nonlinear behavior. Following a review of several idealized mechanical models for controllable fluid dampers, a new model is proposed that can effectively portray the behavior of a typical magnetorheological damper. Comparison with experimental results for a prototype damper indicates that the model is accurate over a wide range of operating conditions and is adequate for control design and analysis.

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Phenomenological Model of a Magnetorheological Damper

This paper presents the results of a study to evaluate the performance of a number of recently proposed semiactive control algorithms for use with multiple magnetorheological (MR) dampers. Various control algorithms used in recent semiactive control studies are considered including the Lyapunov controller, decentralized bang-bang controller, modulated homogeneous friction algorithm, and a clipped optimal controller. Each algorithm is formulated for use with the MR damper. Additionally, each algorithm uses measurements of the absolute acceleration and device displacements for determining the control action to ensure that the algorithms could be implemented on a physical structure. The performance of the algorithms is compared through a numerical example, and the advantages of each algorithm are discussed. The numerical example considers a six-story structure controlled with MR dampers on the lower two floors. In simulation, an El Centro earthquake is used to excite the system, and the reduction in the drif...

Semiactive Control Strategies for MR Dampers: Comparative Study

The hysteresis behavior of a linear stroke magnetorheological damper is characterized for sinusoidal displacement excitation at 2.0 Hz (nominal). Four different modeling perspectives are discussed for purposes of system identification procedures, including: (1) equivalent viscous damping, (2) nonlinear Bingham plastic model, (3) nonlinear biviscous model, and (4) nonlinear hysteretic biviscous model. By progressively adding model parameters with which to better represent pre-yield damper behavior, the force vs. velocity hysteresis model is substantially improved. The three nonlinear models represent the force vs. displacement hysteresis behavior nearly equally well. Thus, any of the three nonlinear damper models could be used equally successfully if only a prediction of energy dissipation or damping were of interest. The nonlinear hysteretic biviscous model provides the best representation of force vs. velocity hysteresis of the four models examined here.

Idealized Hysteresis Modeling of Electrorheological and Magnetorheological Dampers

Electrorheological- (ER-) fluid-based dashpot dampers have smart capabilities because ER fluids undergo large changes in yield stress as electric field is applied. Our objective is the development and experimental validation of quasi-steady dashpot damper models, based on an idealized nonlinear Bingham plastic shear flow mechanism, for purposes of preliminary design and performance predictions. The data required for the Bingham plastic model is normally supplied by ER fluid suppliers, that is, plastic viscosity and dynamic yield stress as a function of applied field, as determined from a shear stress versus shear strain rate diagram. As force is applied to the dashpot damper, the ER fluid flows through an annulus between the concentric inner and outer electrodes. The idealized Bingham plastic shear flow mechanism predicts that three annular flow regions develop as a function of the local shear stress. In the central pre-yield or plug region, the local shear stress is less than the dynamic yield stress, so that the plug behaves like a rigid solid. The remaining two annular regions, adjacent to the electrodes, are in the post-yield condition and correspond to the shear stress exceeding the dynamic yield stress, so that the material flows. Equivalent viscous damping performance of an ER fluid dashpot damper is strongly coupled with the plug behavior. For a constant force, as the applied field increases, so does the plug thickness and equivalent viscous damping. For a constant applied field, as the force increases, the plug thickness and equivalent viscous damping both decrease. The passive and active or field-dependent damping behavior of an ER-fluid-based dashpot damper can be designed for a specific application using these quasi-steady Bingham plastic models.

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0964-1726/5/5/007/pdf

Analysis and testing of Bingham plastic behavior in semi-active electrorheological fluid dampers

A nonlinear dynamic model is presented that characterizes electrorheological material behavior in terms of its shear stress versus shear strain behavior. The ER fluid model is essentially a nonlinear combination of linear shear flow mechanisms. These linear shear flow mechanisms, a three-parameter viscoelastic fluid element and a viscous fluid element, are used to describe shear flow behavior in the pre-yield and the post-yield regimes, respectively. In order to capture the material behavior in the transition through the yield point, a nonlinear combination of these linear shear flow mechanisms is used. The model, which relates the shear strain input to the shear stress output, is represented by a simple network that consists of two parallel linear mechanisms whose outputs are combined using nonlinear weighting functions. The weighting functions are dependent on the strain rate in the material. A system identification technique is developed to estimate the model parameters from experimental data, which consists of shear stress versus shear strain hysteresis loops at different levels of electric field. The results of this system identification approach indicate that the model parameters are smooth monotonic functions of the electric field. The experimental hysteresis loops are reconstructed using the estimated model parameters and the results show that the model accurately predicts material response. It is shown that the Coulomb friction-like behavior at high field strengths, which is characteristic of ER fluids, can be captured by this nonlinear mechanism-based model.

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0964-1726/6/3/012/pdf

G. M. Kamath

Papers

Idealized Hysteresis Modeling of Electrorheological and Magnetorheological Dampers

Analysis and testing of Bingham plastic behavior in semi-active electrorheological fluid dampers

A nonlinear viscoelastic - plastic model for electrorheological fluids

Characterization of Magnetorheological Helicopter Lag Dampers

Nonlinear Viscoelastic-Plastic Mechanisms-Based Model of an Electrorheological Damper