Experimental study of damping characteristics of air, silicon oil, magneto rheological fluid on twin tube damper

Abstract This paper is inclined towards the study of damping characteristics of magneto rheological damper under different fluid environments i.e. Air damping, viscous damping and MR damping. The twin tube damper was designed to conduct the experiments and to analyze the dynamic behavior under these conditions. The results show that MR fluid has good damping characteristics than that of the other fluids due fluid-particle interaction and friction near fluid-structure interface. In addition it can provide high damping rate under the influence of magnetic field. Finally, the damping phenomenon of the MR fluid is discussed in depth to support the experimental results