USE OF ELECTRO-RHEOLOGICAL
FLUIDS IN A DAMPING DEVICE

E. V. Korobko,a M. L. Levin,a
V. A. Bilyk, a and A. E. Binshtokb

UDC 629.113:532.135

This paper presents results of experimental studies of 
an electro-rheological shock absorber based on a controlled 
hydrosuspension designed to damp a wheeled tractor driver's 
cab accommodating not only the operator but also complex 
electronic equipment by regulating the rheological 
characteristics of the working fluid by means of an external
electric field. The characteristics and dependences of the 
operating conditions of the electro-rheological shock absorber 
are presented. The dissipative processes have been estimated.

aA. V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute, 
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 15 P. Brovka Str., 
Minsk, 220072, Belarus; email: snowsoft@tut.by; 
bMinsk Wheeled Tractor Works. Translated from 
Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 78, No. 5, pp. 101-108, 
September-October, 2005. Original article submitted 
October 27, 2004.