Smart materials are kinds of designed materials whose properties are controllable with the application of external stimuli such as the magnetic field, electric field, stress, and heat. Smart materials whose rheological properties are controlled by externally applied magnetic field are known as magneto-rheological materials. Magneto-rheological materials actively used for engineering applications include fluids, foams, grease, elastomers, and plastomers. In the last two decades, magneto-rheological materials have gained great attention of researchers significantly because of their salient controllable properties and potential applications to various fields such as automotive industry, civil environment, and military sector. This article offers a recent progressive review on the magneto-rheological materials technology, especially focusing on numerous application devices and systems utilizing magneto-rheological materials. Conceivable limitations, challenges, and comparable advantages of applying these magn...

A state of art on magneto-rheological materials and their potential applications:

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Friction and wear of magnetorheological fluid under magnetic field

In this research, a magnetorheological fluid-based damper to attenuate vibration due to unbalanced laundry mass from a front-loaded washing machine is proposed and optimally designed with experimental validation. First, rigid vibration mode of the washing machine due to an unbalanced mass is analyzed, and an optimal positioning of the suppression system for the washing machine is figured out. In order to attenuate vibration from the washing machine, several configurations of magnetorheological damper are proposed considering available space and the required damping force of the system. Based on the Bingham rheological model of magnetorheological fluid, damping force of the proposed magnetorheological dampers is then derived. An optimal design problem for the proposed magnetorheological damper is constructed considering its zero-field friction force and the maximum damping force. The optimization objective is to minimize the zero-field friction force of the magnetorheological damper while the maximum value...

Optimal design of magnetorheological fluid-based dampers for front-loaded washing machines

Control of magnetorheological dampers for vibration reduction in a washing machine

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Nicola Gaudiano

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Control of magnetorheological dampers for vibration reduction in a washing machine

Vibration Reduction in a Washing Machine via Damping Control