Recent advances in shock vibration isolation: An overview and future possibilities

DF Ledezma-Ramírez… - Applied …, 2019‏ - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Mechanical shock is a common problem that is present in many situations, such as ground
motion, blast, explosions, crash, and impact. The development of passive, active, or adaptive …

Smart materials: Properties, design and mechatronic applications

A Spaggiari, D Castagnetti, N Golinelli… - Proceedings of the …, 2019‏ - journals.sagepub.com
This paper describes the properties and the engineering applications of the smart materials,
especially in the mechatronics field. Even though there are several smart materials which all …

Hybrid controller of magnetorheological semi-active seat suspension system for both shock and vibration mitigation

XXF Bai, S Yang - Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and …, 2019‏ - journals.sagepub.com
The impact caused by the detonation of landmines and improvised explosive devices may
directly lead to spine fracture and injury of seated occupants on special vehicles. The …

Relating Mason number to Bingham number in magnetorheological fluids

SG Sherman, AC Becnel, NM Wereley - Journal of Magnetism and …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Magnetorheological (MR) fluids are described using two nondimensional numbers, the
Bingham and Mason numbers. The Mason number is the ratio of particle magnetic forces to …

Optimal control of gun recoil in direct fire using magnetorheological absorbers

HJ Singh, NM Wereley - Smart materials and Structures, 2014‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Optimal control of a gun recoil absorber is investigated for minimizing recoil loads and
maximizing rate of fire. A multi-objective optimization problem was formulated by …

A gun recoil system employing a magnetorheological fluid damper

ZC Li, J Wang - Smart Materials and Structures, 2012‏ - iopscience.iop.org
This research aims to design and control a full scale gun recoil buffering system which works
under real firing impact loading conditions. A conventional gun recoil absorber is replaced …

Development of a new magnetorheological impact damper with low velocity sensitivity

L Deng, S Sun, S **, Z Li, H Du… - Smart Materials and …, 2022‏ - iopscience.iop.org
The velocity sensitive characteristic of the conventional linear magnetorheological (MR)
damper is undesirable in the application of impact protection. It will induce large dam** …

Modelling and analysis of a magnetorheological damper with nonmagnetized passages in piston and minor losses

G Li, ZB Yang - Shock and Vibration, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
This work aims to establish the mathematical model with the high effectiveness in predicting
the dam** force of an MR damper with nonmagnetized passages in piston. The pressure …

Adaptive mechanical properties of topologically interlocking material systems

S Khandelwal, T Siegmund, RJ Cipra… - Smart Materials and …, 2015‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Topologically interlocked material systems are two-dimensional granular crystals created as
ordered and adhesion-less assemblies of unit elements of the shape of platonic solids. The …

Magnetorheological semi-active shock mitigation control. Part I: Numerical analysis and preliminary tests

W Li, XF Bai, P Jiang, L Yuan, H Liu… - Journal of Intelligent …, 2023‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Minimizing shock loads transmitted to sensitive structures or equipment is the objective of
shock mitigation control. The core of shock mitigation control using magnetorheological …