Table 1. A summary of the calibrated material constants.
Property | Description | Value |
Ebulk | Young’s modulus of the as-cured polymer resin | 57.6 MPa |
Emin | Young’s modulus of the MR fluid–filled strut with no applied field | 0.725 MPa |
kE | Magnetic field–dependent Young’s modulus of the MR fluid–filled strut | 49.0 MPa/T |
Gbulk | Shear modulus of the as-cured polymer resin | 19.9 MPa |
Gmin | Shear modulus of the MR fluid–filled strut with no applied field | 32.4 MPa |
kG | Magnetic field–dependent shear modulus of MR fluid–filled strut | 250.6 MPa/T |