Research on the Transmission Performance of a High-Temperature Magnetorheological Fluid and Shape Memory Alloy Composite

Abstract

To address the fact that the performance of magnetorheological fluid decreases with increasing temperature, a high-temperature magnetorheological fluid and shape memory alloy spring friction composite transmission method is proposed, and its transmission performance is shown to essentially maintain stability under high temperatures. We introduce a composite transmission method, performed a magnetic field finite element analysis, and present the equation of torque transmission of the composite. The results show that the amount of torque transferred by the magnetorheological fluid reached its maximum value at magnetic saturation, but decreased with increasing temperature, down to 33.41%, whereas the frictional torque generated by the shape memory alloy spring increased with increasing temperature. When the temperature reached 100 °C, the frictional torque effectively compensated for the decrease in the magnetorheological fluid’s performance.