A Study on the Application of Electro-Rheological Fluids to Clutch Systems

Hayato Mitsugi; Takahiro Yakoh; Tojiro Aoyama; Koji Sakurai

doi:10.1299/kikaic.67.1627

A Study on the Application of Electro-Rheological Fluids to Clutch Systems

Hayato Mitsugi, Takahiro Yakoh, Tojiro Aoyama, Koji Sakurai

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In this paper an Electro-Rheological Fluid (ERF) is applied to a clutch as a power transmission medium. The ERF is a kind of colloidal suspension whose rheological property varies according to the intensity of electric field applied to it. Two prototypes of ERF clutches, a cylinder model and a disk model, are manufactured. The basis characteristics of these ERF cluches, i. e. the relation between these transmitting torque and the electric field intensity, are measured. Based on these characteristics, a feedback control system are designed and it is well successed to control the transmitted torque.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1627-1632
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, C Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part C
Volume	67
Issue number	657
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1299/kikaic.67.1627
Publication status	Published - 2001

Keywords

Clutch
Electro-Rheological Fluid
Force Display
PID Control
Torque Control

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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