Electrorheological (ER) suspensions, typically composed of nonconducting or weakly
conducting particles dispersed in an insulating liquid, undergo dramatic, reversible changes …

Electro-and magneto-rheological (ER and MR) fluids share many characteristics and
potential applications in stress transfer and damping devices. Recent advances include …

Numerical and analytical models of magnetorheological fluid phenomena that account
explicitly for the effects of magnetic nonlinearity and saturation are described. Finite-element …

“Piezoelectric-Based Vibration-control Systems: Applications in Micro/Nano Sensors and
Actuators” covers: Fundamental concepts in smart (active) materials including piezoelectric …

Semi-active (SA) vibration-control systems are those which otherwise passively generated
damping or spring forces are modulated according to a parameter tuning policy with only a …

According to the dielectric design, a new kind of rare-earth (RE)-doped TiO2 particle was
synthesized by means of sol− gel technique for use in electrorheological (ER) fluids. A …

Hydrophobic poly (ionic liquid) particles are synthesized by a microwave-assisted
dispersion polymerization method and their electro-responsive characteristic is investigated …

A collation of the authors' latest research, this book focuses on control applications that use
piezoelectric actuators and sensors. They provide practical examples of engineering …

This paper presents torque control characteristics of ER (electro-rheological) and MR
(magneto-rheological) clutches. As a first step, Bingham properties of ER and MR fluids are …

The titania-coated silica nanomaterials with three different shapes (nanosphere, nanorod,
nanotube) are fabricated to examine the influence of particle geometry on ER fluid in …