Magnetorheological suspension with capillary network. (July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yang, Jianjian; Hu, Zhide; Yan, Hua; Niu, Fanghao
• Is Part Of: Journal of intelligent material systems and structures. Volume 30:Number 12(2019)
• Page Start: 1850
• Page End: 1857
• Publication Date: 2019-07
• Subjects: Magnetorheology -- ferrofluids -- magnetorheological fluids; Smart materials -- Periodicals; Intelligent control systems -- Periodicals; Artificial intelligence -- Periodicals; Matériaux intelligents -- Périodiques; Commande intelligente -- Périodiques; Intelligence artificielle -- Périodiques; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1177/1045389X19849270
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1045-389X

Abstract

The capillary force has been employed to facilitate an effective pathway for the preparation and design of magnetorheological suspensions. The network formation from pendular particle structure-driven assembly can potentially be used to stabilize particle suspension. Furthermore, the magnetic liquid bridge proposed can give rise to a dramatic enhancement in magnetorheological effect (20%–100% increment in storage modulus), suggesting the possibility of tuning field dependent rheological properties of magnetorheological suspensions by addition of minute amounts of ferrofluid.