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CONTROLLABLE FLUID DAMPERS<br />

Except for controllable fluid dampers, smart dampers employ some electrically controlled valves or<br />

mechanisms to achieve changes in device characteristics. Such mechanical components can be problematic<br />

in terms of reliability and maintenance. Another class of smart damping devices uses controllable<br />

fluids in a fixed-orifice damper. As shown schematically in Fig. 12, the advantage of these<br />

controllable fluid dampers is their mechanical simplicity; i.e., they contain no moving parts other than<br />

the damper's piston.<br />

Two fluids that are viable contenders for development of controllable dampers are: (i) electrorheological<br />

(ER) fluids and (ii) magnetorheological (MR) fluids. <strong>The</strong> essential characteristic of these fluids is<br />

their ability to reversibly change from a free-flowing, linear viscous fluid to a semi-solid with a control-

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