A Review on Structural Development of Magnetorheological Fluid Damper

Figure 12

A schematic view of a twin-tube MR damper: (a) the coil arranged in a groove of the foot valve, (b) the side location of the MR valve, and (c) the gas chamber installed in an external valve. 1, piston rod; 2, inlet passage; 3, inner tube; 4, outer tube; 5, outer chamber; 6, passageways; 7, coil; 8, lower chamber; 9, moveable wall; 10, gas chamber; 11, foot valve (including lower one-way valve); 12, compression chamber; 13, piston (including upper one-way valve); 14, rebound chamber; 15, reservoir [55].

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(b)

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