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Experimental Investigation of an Adaptively Tuned Dynamic Absorber Incorporating Magnetorheological Elastomer with Self-Sensing Property

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The magnetorheological elastomer (MRE) is known to belong to a class of smart materials whose elastic properties can be varied by an externally applied magnetic field. In addition to the property of the field-dependent stiffness change of the MRE, the electrical resistance of the composite is also changed by the induced strain, thereby providing a new self-sensing feature. In the present study, a novel, dynamic vibration absorber is developed using an MRE with a self-sensing function and adaptability. The natural frequency of the absorber is instantaneously tuned to a dominant frequency extracted from the strain signal of MRE. The damping performance test shows that the vibration of a system with one degree-of-freedom that is exposed to a nonstationary disturbance can be adequately reduced by the proposed frequency-tunable dynamic absorber without the use of external sensors.

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Acknowledgments

The work was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Grant Number 15H03936.

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  1. Kanazawa University, Institute of Science and Engineering, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-1192, Japan

    T. Komatsuzaki & Y. Iwata

  2. Honda R&D Co., Ltd., Automobile R&D Center, 4630 Shimotakanezawa, Haga-machi, Haga-gun, Tochigi, 321-3393, Japan

    T. Inoue

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Komatsuzaki, T., Inoue, T. & Iwata, Y. Experimental Investigation of an Adaptively Tuned Dynamic Absorber Incorporating Magnetorheological Elastomer with Self-Sensing Property. Exp Mech 56, 871–880 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11340-016-0137-2

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