ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL FLUIDS AND MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL SUSPENSIONS
Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on ERMR 2006
Lake Tahoe, USA, 18 – 22 June 2006
edited by Faramarz Gordaninejad (University of Nevada, Reno, USA) , Olivia A Graeve (University of Nevada, Reno, USA) , Alan Fuchs (University of Nevada, Reno, USA) , & David York (University of Nevada, Reno, USA)
Table of Contents (3514k) Chapter 1: Transient Behavior of Electrorheological Fluids in Shear Flow (471k)
ERMR 2006 included invited speakers, technical presentations, poster presentations, and a student paper competition. At the conference banquet, Dr. David Carlson of Lord Corporation addressed the conference attendees and gave a stirring speech on the history of ER and MR fluids, as well as current and future applications. A unique feature of the ERMR Conferences is that they comprehensively cover issues ranging from physics to chemistry to engineering applications of ER and MR materials held in a general session to enhance the interaction between the scientists and engineers. The sessions in ERMR 2006 were organized based into two Symposia: a) Materials and b) Applications. Topics covered in the Materials Symposium included: mechanisms, preparation, and characterization of ER and MR materials. Topics covered in the Applications Symposium included: ER and MR devices, control systems, system integration, and applications. This structure was implemented in order to enable interaction between attending scientists and engineers in both the Materials Symposium and the Applications Symposium, and to enhance the free flow of ideas, and the potential collaborative research opportunities.
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