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Electrorheological Fluids
The Non-aqueous Suspensions
1st Edition, Volume 22 - November 29, 2005
Author: Tian Hao
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:9780444521804
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eBook ISBN:9780080455440
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An electrorheological (ER) suspension is made from an insulating liquid medium embodying either a semi-conductive particulate material or a semi-conductive liquid material (usually…Read more
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An electrorheological (ER) suspension is made from an insulating liquid medium embodying either a semi-conductive particulate material or a semi-conductive liquid material (usually a liquid crystal material). Since its mechanical properties can be easily controlled over a wide range (almost from a pure liquid to a solid), the ER fluid can be used as an electric and mechanical interface in various industrial areas, for example, in the automotive industrial for clutch, brake and damping systems and in robotic arm joints and hands. In addition, the ER technique can be used to fabricate advanced functional materials such as photonic crystals, smart inks, and heterogeneous polymer composites. The major objective of Electrorheological Fluids is to present a comprehensive survey on the ER suspensions in term of screening high performance ER materials, physical mechanisms of the ER effect, and the applications of ER technology.
* Applications of ER suspensions are of wide interest both in academia and industry* Surveys a large body of literature on the mechanism of the ER effect and the design of industrially applicable ER devices* Discusses technological problems affiliated with industrial applications
For those working in the ER fluids area/related application fields and informing those interested in non-aqueous systems including polymer and polymer composites
1. Colloidal suspensions and electrorheological fluids. 2. Viscosity of liquids and colloidal suspensions with and without an external electric field. 3. The positive, negative, photo-ER, and electromagnetorheological (EMR) effects. 4. The electrorheological materials. 5. Critical parameters to the electrorheological effect. 6. Physics of electrorheological fluids. 7. Dielectric property of non-aqueous heterogeneous systems. 8. Dielectric properties of ER suspensions. 9. Mechanisms of the electrorheological effect. 10. Applications of the electrorheological fluids.