Parametric Modeling of a Magnetorheological Engine Mount Based on a Modified Polynomial Bingham Model

Abstract

This work mainly addresses the establishment of a phenomenological mechanical model for magnetorheological (MR) engine mounts under frequency variation and magnetic variation effects. First, the mounts' reaction force is divided into three parts: a Coulomb damping force, an elastic reaction force, and a viscous damping force. Then, by using correlation analysis on these forces with the frequency and magnetic field, a modified polynomial Bingham parameterized model is proposed. This model takes external current and external loading frequency as the variables. As a result of analyzing the relationship between energy dissipation and storage caused by the external displacement excitation, an identifying method is proposed to identify the nine parameters in the model. Based on this model, an experimental scheme was designed, and the force–displacement relationship of a typical MR mount under different working conditions was tested through an experiment. By using the proposed method, the relationship of the reaction force of an MR mount with current and external loading frequency was obtained. The experimental results show that the proposed model can correctly reflect the wide-frequency dynamic characteristics of the mounts in dynamic stiffness, lagging angle, and hysteretic curve.