Abstract

In order to obtain a larger damping force with the limited axial size of the vehicle suspension system, a new magnetorheological damper with serial-type flow channels was developed. The piston head was equipped with two piston end covers, three piston non-magnetic sleeves, and four piston magnetic sleeves, which were sequentially combined into three serial-type flow channels to form three groups of effective damping gaps. The structure and principle of the proposed magnetorheological damper were described in detail, and the model for calculating damping force was deduced too. Simulation and analysis for the proposed magnetorheological damper was implemented using electromagnetic field simulation software. The damping performance was tested and analyzed on the test rig under different applied current, amplitude, and frequency excitation. The experimental results show that the damping force is 6838 N under the load excitation with frequency of 1 Hz, amplitude of 7.5 mm, and current of 1.5 A, which is 1.6 times than the expected damping force. The equivalent damping coefficient is attained to 290 kN/s m−1, which shows that the developed magnetorheological damper has high vibration control ability and good mechanical properties.

Highlights

  • Vehicle suspension is the key component for improving the vehicle operation stability and ride comfort

  • The traditional passive suspension, active suspension, and semi-active suspension have been applied to vehicles for vibration absorption.[3,4]

  • The traditional passive suspension could not adjust its dynamic characteristic in real time according to the external disturbance.[5]

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Summary

Introduction

Vehicle suspension is the key component for improving the vehicle operation stability and ride comfort. The experimental results show that it can increase the damping length and obtain the large damping force.[16] Zhu et al developed a MR damper with both annular and radial channels in the piston head. When the current exceeds 1.0 A, the equivalent damping coefficient saturates

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