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In this article, modelling of the magnetorheological (MR) damper and its finite element analysis (FEA) is presented. The axisymmetric FEM (finite element method) model of the MR damper was built using ANSYS Maxwell software. The MR damper was modelled using the geometrical parameters which were selected using the literature survey and then magnetic flux density was calculated and studied at the clearance space of the MR damper. The developed FEM model was used for determining the damping force of an MR damper with selected geometrical parameters. This article demonstrates that the developed FEM model for the MR damper can be used for predicting its damping force. The data gathered from this article will help the future researchers to know in depth the FEM modelling of MR damper and also provides a procedure to estimate the damping force.
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Kumar, A., Joshi, R. (2019). Modelling and Analysis of Magneto-Rheological Damper for Maximizing the Damping Force. In: Prasad, A., Gupta, S., Tyagi, R. (eds) Advances in Engineering Design . Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6469-3_7
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