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Design and Analysis of Variable Stiffness Joint for Railway Vehicles Using Magneto-Rheological Elastomer

Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering 2021;38(2):131-137.
Published online: February 1, 2021

1 한국철도기술연구원 차세대철도차량본부

2 국립공주대학교 기계자동차공학부

1 Advanced Railroad Vehicle Division, Korea Railroad Research Institute

2 Division of Mechanical & Automotive Engineering, Kongju National University

#E-mail: dhahn@kongju.ac.kr, TEL: +82-41-521-9263
• Received: July 20, 2020   • Revised: November 6, 2020   • Accepted: November 24, 2020

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Fig. 1 Schematic diagram of test setup of MRE specimens
Fig. 2 Stress-Strain curve of MRE specimen under different intensity of magnetic field
Fig. 3 (a) Typical Primary suspension of bogie and (b) A joint integrated with a link arm for primary suspension23 (Adapted from Ref. 23 on the basis of OA)
Fig. 4 Structure of variable stiffness joint using MRE, (a) Isometric view of the joint, (b) 3/4 Sectional view of the joint and (c) One assembly of bobbin-coil-housing, i.e. a quarter of the joint
Fig. 5 Analysis model for magnetic field calculation
Fig. 6 FEM analysis model of variable stiffness joint
Fig. 7 Method to current drive electromagnets for MRE
Design and Analysis of Variable Stiffness Joint for Railway Vehicles Using Magneto-Rheological Elastomer

Variation of shear stiffness of MRE under different intensity of magnetic field

300 mT 500 mT
15% Shear strain 31.6% 53.1%
40% Shear strain 17.2% 24.9%

Calculation results of magnetic field with respect to current and number of coil turns of MRE

Current × turns
[A·turns]
Magnetic flux
[×10-3 Wb]
Average
magnetic flux
density at bobbin
[mT]
Average
magnetic flux
density at MRE
[mT]
67.5 2.092 1,231 232
135 2.528 1,488 281
270 2.848 1,676 316
540 3.088 1,817 343
855 3.218 1,894 357
1,170 3.296 1,940 366
1,485 3.351 1,972 372
1,800 3.393 1,997 377

Electric characteristics of MRE according to coil wire diameter

d [mm] n [turns] i [A] R [Ω] V [V] P [W] Ni [A· turns]
0.4 1,085 1.37 35.18 53.2 65.9 1,485
0.5 700 2.12 14.52 35.8 65.4 1,485
0.6 460 3.23 6.63 26.4 69.1 1,485
0.7 340 4.37 3.60 20.7 68.7 1,485
0.8 255 5.82 2.09 17.1 70.7 1,485

Results of FEM analysis of variable stiffness joint

Current × turns
[A·turns]
Average magnetic flux
density at MRE
[mT]
Average magnetic flux density
at center rod
[mT]
Maximum magnetic flux
density at center rod
[mT]
Maximum magnetic flux
density at outer yoke
[mT]
540 239 65 650 1,386
855 293 86 971 1,525
1,170 300 86 904 1,584
1,485 310 89 945 1,638
Table 1 Variation of shear stiffness of MRE under different intensity of magnetic field
Table 2 Calculation results of magnetic field with respect to current and number of coil turns of MRE
Table 3 Electric characteristics of MRE according to coil wire diameter
Table 4 Results of FEM analysis of variable stiffness joint