Design Guides

The following eight documents will provide you with a better understanding of MR technology, and how to design with the fluids.

J. David Carlson, “What Makes a Good MR Fluid?,” 8th International Conference on ER Fluids and MR Fluids Suspensions, Nice, July 9-13, 2001.

LORD MR Solutions, “Permanent - Electromagnet System,” Engineering Note, March 2002.

LORD MR Solutions, “MR Valve Configurations,” Engineering Note, June 2001.

LORD MR Solutions, “Designing with MR Fluids,” Engineering Note, December 1999.

LORD MR Solutions, “Magnetic Circuit Design,” Engineering Note, November 1999.

LORD MR Solutions, “What is the Difference between MR and ER Fluid?” Presentation, May 2002.

Mark R. Jolly, Jonathan W. Bender, and J. David Carlson, “Properties and Applications of Commercial Magnetorheological Fluids,” SPIE 5th Annual Int Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, CA, March 15, 1998.

J.D.Carlson, D.N.Catanzarite and K.A.St. Clair, “Commercial Magneto-Rheological Fluid Devices,” Proceedings 5th Int. Conf. on ER Fluids, MR Suspensions and Associated Technology, W. Bullough, Ed., World Scientific, Singapore (1996), 20-28.