Development of magnetorheological brake with magnetic coils placed on side housings

This chapter focuses on new development of MRB with magnetic coils placed on side housings (side-coil MRB). First, an overview of configurations of MRB is introduced; from this, the reason for development of side-coil MRB is figured out. Then, the chapter focuses on modeling, optimal design and evaluation of different configurations of side-coil MRB such as single side-coil, double side-coil and triple side-coil MR brakes. In addition, experimental works are conducted to validate performance of the proposed multiple side-coil MRB. The chapter is closed by a summary on the advantages and potential development of the side-coil MRBs.