India, Aug. 3 -- A newly designed innovative hybrid magneto-rheometer offers a novel way to characterize the performance of smart fluids that increase in viscosity when subjected to a magnetic field and are useful for medicine, aerospace, defense sector and in automation.
MR fluids are "smart" materials that can rapidly change their mechanical properties when exposed to a magnetic field, increasing in apparent viscosity, to the point of becoming a viscoelastic solid. The fluid can transmit force which can be controlled with an electromagnet, giving rise to its many possible control-based applications.
This unique capability makes them ideal for adaptive technologies such as brakes, clutches, shock absorbers, vibration control systems, dam...