Force feedback from remote or virtual operations is needed for numerous technologies including robotics, tele-presence, teleoperation (e.g., surgery, etc.), games and movies. To address this need, the authors are investigating the use of electrorheological fluids (ERF) for their property to change the viscosity under electrical stimulation. This property offers the capability to produce feedbac...

Surfactant capped uniform silver nanoparticles were synthesized by the chemical reduction reaction in a microemulsion media, which is formed under high shear mixing condition. Silver nitrate solution and 2-ethyl hexanol were taken as aqueous and organic phase, sodium borohydride was used as reducing agent and Span-80 (sorbitan monooleate) as the capping agent. Synthesized silver nanoparticles w...

The dynamic stability of a composite plate with external electrorheological (ER) damper subjected to an axial periodic load is investigated. Electrorheological fluids are a class of smart materials, which exhibit reversible changes in mechanical properties when subjected to an electric field. As a result, the dynamic behavior of the structure is changed. The ER damper is used for suppressing th...

Electrorheological (ER) fluids change their flow properties dramatically when an electric field is applied. These fluids are usually composed of dispersions of polarizable particles in an insulating base fluid or composed of liquid crystal polymer. To build more suitable and complicated designs for application of ER fluid, the simulation of ER fluid as well as experiments are important. First, ...