Performance Analysis of a Magnetorheological Damper with Energy Harvesting Ability

Table 1

Specifications of the proposed MR damper.

Parameter	Value
Diameter of piston	79 mm
Diameter of coil space	50 mm
Thickness of cylinder	5 mm
Gaps of MR fluid	1 mm
Length of piston	28 mm
Height of gallery	9 mm
Length of gallery ,	9 mm
Number of turns	250
Weight of coil space	18 mm
Diameter of excitation coil wire	0.5 mm
Resistance of excitation coil	4 Ω
Diameter of generator structure	17 mm
Magnet thickness	5 mm
Magnet height	5 mm
Magnet number	8
Diameter of rod	2.5 mm
Spacer thickness	4 mm
Length of teeth	2 mm
Thickness of piston rod	5 mm
Length of air gap	4.5 mm
Coil maximum current	1.5 A
Coil wire turns	256
Diameter of inducing coil wire	0.5 mm
Resistance per inducing coil	4 Ω