Study on the Rheological Properties and Shear Model for Magneto-Rheological Fluids

Abstract

In this paper, the influence of the soft magnetic particle content on the properties of MRFs is studied. Besides, the relationships between the shear stress of MRFs and the magnetic induction intensity, the soft magnetic particle content, and the shear rate are discussed. The curve equation that expresses the relationship between the shear stress, the magnetic induction intensity, and the soft magnetic particle content is established through the fitting of experimental data. The results show that the shear stress of MRFs increases with increasing magnetic induction intensity and that the shear stress will tend to stabilise when the magnetic induction intensity reaches a sufficient value. The validity of the Bingham model and the H-B model for describing the relationship between the shear stress and shear rate is established, and the phenomenon of shear thinning of MRFs can be better represented by the H-B model than by the Bingham model.

A review on multi-physics numerical modelling in different applications of magnetorheological fluids

“…However, the main flow is categorised under the flow mode (Khan et al, 2014). Examples of devices that employ shear mode are rotary dampers (brakes), clutches and parallel-plate rheometers (Chan et al, 2011; Du et al, 2014; Ellam et al, 2006; Gurubasavaraju et al, 2018a; Jang et al, 2011; Khan et al, 2014; Liu et al, 2016).…”