Modelling and Analysis of a Magnetorheological Damper with Nonmagnetized Passages in Piston and Minor Losses

Figure 6

Configuration of the piston. (a) The piston with three nonmagnetized passages. (b) The coil: 1, steel 1008; 2, copper; 3, polyester (P.S.: cylinder-steel 1008). 1, the soft iron parts of piston; 2, the aluminum caps of piston; 3, coil; 4, annular orifice; 5, cylinder of soft iron.

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