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A new magnetorheological brake`s combined materials design approach

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Increase of magnetic flux density intensity, in certain parts of a Magnetorheological (MR) brake, was researched in order to improve MR brake`s overall braking properties. This paper proposes a new combined materials approach. New approach achieved magnetic flux density path routing. To verify the effect, two MR brake prototypes: The conventional one and the combined materials one, have been designed, manufactured and tested. Both prototypes had the same geometry. The construction material’s magnetic properties had to be determined by measurements. To increase the overall braking torque, the combined materials MR brake prototype featured non-magnetic housing materials and has successfully yielded significantly larger overall braking torque compared to the conventional MR brake.

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  1. Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, 6 Dositej Obradovic Square, 21000, Novi Sad, Serbia

    Aleksandar Poznic & Anamarija Juhas

  2. Faculty of Engineering, University of Kragujevac, 6 Sestre Janjic Str., 34000, Kragujevac, Serbia

    Danijela Miloradovic

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Aleksandar Poznić obtained his M.S. degree in Mechatronics at University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Chair of Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation in 2009, and is now Ph.D. student at the same Chair. He has published several papers on magnetorheological brake design. His research interest is focused on mechanical design and smart actuator systems.

Danijela Miloradović obtained hers Ph.D. degree at the University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Engineering, Serbia. Currently she works as an Assistant Professor at the Department for motor vehicles and motors at the same faculty. She is author/coauthor of more than 70 research papers from the field of vehicle dynamics, vehicle testing and experimental analysis.

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Poznic, A., Miloradovic, D. & Juhas, A. A new magnetorheological brake`s combined materials design approach. J Mech Sci Technol 31, 1119–1125 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-017-0210-5

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