MANUFACTURE AND TESTING OF ANISOTROPIC MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL ELASTOMERS

• Abstract:

  The purpose of this paper was to present the manufacturing process of magnetically polarized (anisotropic) magnetorheological elastomers (MRE) and to investigate their magnetomechanical properties. The materials were based on a thermoplastic matrix, iron particles and additives which improved the plasticity of a resulting composite. A procedure was developed to create specimens with magnetic field-oriented microstructure. MRE with various chemical compositions were subjected to cyclic shearing with the use of a dedicated test stand. The results revealed that selected properties of magnetorheological elastomers differ markedly depending on the plasticity of the matrix.
• Keywords:

  MRE, SMART materials, experimental mechanics, damping
• Download:

  IMEKO-YSESM-2012-24.pdf
• DOI:

  _unreg_tc15-2012.24

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