Development of Vibration Isolator Magnetorheological Elastomer Based

Abstract

Most of the vibration isolator has fixed stiffness, such as a passive vehicle mounting system. This article presents the development of the adjustable stiffness engine mounting magnetorheological elastomers (MREs) based to reduce vibration. The development of MREs vibration isolator is to design of engine mounting first step, for next step is to simulate the electromagnetic circuit. The housing material selection and MREs thickness were considered to provide ample and uniform magnetic fields to change the stiffness. The innovative magnetic circuit design includes the type and size of the wire and the number of turns of the coil to obtain the best magnetic fields to eliminate vibration. Finite Element Method Magnetics (FEMM) software was used to show the effectiveness of the electromagnetic circuit to generate magnetic fields through the MREs. Finally, the varies current input influence to the MREs vibration isolator is investigated. The higher current input is more useful to eliminate vibration using MREs isolator system.