• Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.28-35
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• 2017

Recently, conventional hydraulic car lift systems face the technological limitations due to a lack of height control. The demand for height controllability is required in many tasks such as wheel alignment, and requires compensation for the structural deformation of the lift caused by irregular load distribution. In order to resolve this limitation of the conventional car lift, in this work, a new type of a hydraulic vehicle lift using a magneto-rheological (MR) valve system is proposed and analyzed. Firstly, the dynamic model of vehicle lift is formulated to evaluate control performance; subsequently, an MR valve is designed to obtain the desired pressure drop required in the car lift. Next, a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller is formulated to achieve accurate control of the lifting height and then computer simulations are undertaken to show accurate height control performances of the proposed new car lift system.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.107-113
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• 2001

This work presents field-dependent Bingham and response characteristics of MR fluids under shear and flow modes. Two different types of magneto-viscometers are designed and manufactured for the shear and flow modes. respectively. For the MR fluid to be tested, MRF-132LD of Lord co. is employed. The field-dependent yield stress is experimentally distilled at various temperatures using the magneto-viscometers. Time responses of the MR fluids to step electric fields are also evaluated under two operating modes.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.349.1-349
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• 2002

This paper presents investigation of damping characteristics of squeeze mode type MR mount experimently. The MR mount proposed in the study has variable damping characteristics according to the applied magnetic field strength. Impact and force excitation tests were performed. The dynamic property of the mount using MR fluid was compared with that of the mount using conventional oil. (omitted)

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.11 no.7
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• pp.572-577
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• 2005

This paper applies the fuzzy logic controller to a semiactive seat suspension system in order to obtain the better ride comfort in constraint of specific rattle space. The seat suspension system used for this research is a scissors-type one with the MR (Magneto Rheological) fluid damper. Since a seat suspension system with a driver can not be exactly modeled, it is effective to control with the fuzzy logic controller. The rule was carefully tuned to effectively reduce the vibration transmitted to a driver. The on-road ride was realized on a hydraulic excitor and the result shows that the fuzzy controller has reduced the vibration of a seat suspension system compared to the continuous skyhook controller.

• Journal of Power System Engineering
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.63-69
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• 2013

Most washing machines are now produced as a drum-type, where a washing drum mounted on a suspension system with springs and dampers, to minimize the transmittance of the vibration from the drum to the frame. A low-cost MR damper, using magneto-rheological fluids, can produce variable damping forces by changing the current values in the magnetic coil. Experimental results show the comparison of the vibration attenuation performances between two different dampers. One test set-up uses a passive damper and another one uses a MR fluid damper. The test results showed that the vibration amplitude of the washing machine with the MR damper is much smaller than the case with the passive damper.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.1048-1053
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• 2003

This paper proposed a MR(Magneto-rheological) seat damper for a commercial vehicle. After formulating the governing equation of motion, an appropriate size of damper is designed and manufactured. Following the equation of fie d-dependent damping force characteristics, a semi-active seat suspension installed with the proposed MR-damper is constructed and its dynamic model id established, Subsequently, vibration isolation performance of the semi-active suspension system is demonstrated by incorporating with a MRAC(Model referenced adaptive control) fer the MR Seat Damper

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.21-22
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• 2007

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.85-85
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• 2003

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2011.06a
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• pp.199-200
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• 2011

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.14 no.8
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• pp.3611-3616
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• 2013

Physical characteristics of a magneto-rheological(MR) fluid can be influenced by a magnetic field. In the present study, the behaviors of MR fluid are visualized and the shear stresses are measured under the magnetic field for density 1.3, 1.5 and 1.7 $g/cm^3$, and viscosity 100, 1000 and 10000cp. When the magnetic field is applied, particles of MR fluid are arranged along lines of magnetic field. It is observed that the flow pattern of MR fluid under the magnetic field is different from that of MR fluid without the magnetic field. Shear stress of MR fluids under the magnetic field changes significantly. Shear stress by the magnetic field increases the shape of a quadratic equation. When the density changes from $1300kg/m^3$ to $1700kg/m^3$ at 2.0A, the shear stress increases about 33%.