Oxidation of natural rubber-based magnetorheological elastomers

Fatigue life prediction of magnetorheological elastomers subjected to dynamic equi-biaxial cyclic loading

“…Currently, most research into MREs has been concerned with the MR effect which is usually characterised by shear modulus [9,10], stiffness [11] and damping capability [12]. The mechanical properties of MREs, including modulus and damping capability, have a very large bearing on whether components manufactured from them will find wide practical applications.…”

Microstructures and viscoelastic properties of anisotropic magnetorheological elastomers

“…Magnetorheological elastomers (MREs) are a class of smart materials whose mechanical properties (such as shear modulus) can be controlled by an external magnetic field [1][2][3][4][5]. This is achieved via adding the micro-sized magnetizable particles into a matrix.…”

Equi-biaxial fatigue behaviour of magnetorheological elastomers in magnetic fields

“…Due to the field dependent rheological response of MREs, they are interesting candidates for adaptive tuned vibration absorbers, stiffness tuneable mounts and suspensions and variable impedance surfaces (Watson, 1997;Elie et al, 1998;Fuchs et al, 2006;Hoang et al, 2009). Magnetic fields have a significant influence on the properties of MREs (Lokander et al, 2004) and these properties are strongly dependent on the field strength. Changes in the properties of an MRE under an external magnetic field, generally described as the MR effect, are related to the magnetic particles tendency to change their positions under the influence of an applied magnetic field (Boczkowska and Awietjan, 2012).…”