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In this article, a new magneto rheological (MR) sponge damper is proposed for suppression of vibrations in a washing machine. The article presents design optimization of geometric parameters of MR sponge damper (MRSD) using the finite element analysis (FEA) and first order derivative techniques for a washing machine. The article explains the hysteresis behavior and the relationship of damping force with input current for the proposed MRSD. Moreover, the characteristics of the MRSD such as energy dissipation and equivalent damping coefficient are investigated experimentally in terms of input current and excitation amplitude. The passive dampers installed in washing machine are ineffective in reducing unwanted vibrations at resonant frequencies due to real time unbalanced mass. For this purpose, a test setup is established in order to compare the performance of passive dampers with the proposed MRSDs in a washing machine. It is noticed that MRSDs reduce average vibrations of 75.61 % in a low frequency band, whereas in a high frequency band, the MRSDs lessen average vibrations of 30.57 % in a washing machine. In order to determine the performance of proposed design MRSD, a detailed comparison of the performance parameters, such as total damping force, passive force, maximum average vibrations after suppression by MR dampers, maximum current and power ratings is provided with the existing designs of MR damper for washing machine from the literature.
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Abasin Ulasyar was born in Pakistan, in 1986. He received the B.S. degree in telecommunication engineering in 2011 from the FAST-NUCES, Islamabad, Pakistan and the M.S. degree in electrical engineering (Energy & Control) in 2013 from the University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Pakistan. He is currently a Ph.D. scholar in Department of Electrical and Electrical Engineering, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey. Since 2014, he is working as Research Assistant at Manufacturing and Automation Research Center, Koç University. His research interests include power electronics, mechatronics and control of linear and nonlinear systems.
Ismail Lazoglu was born in Turkey. He received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering in 1989 from Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey. He received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees both in mechanical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA, in 1992 and 1997, respectively. Since 2012, he is working as Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey. He has more than 130 publications in the international journals, conferences and books. His research interests include advanced manufacturing, mechatronics and medical systems. He is the Fellow of the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP).
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Ulasyar, A., Lazoglu, I. Design and analysis of a new magneto rheological damper for washing machine. J Mech Sci Technol 32, 1549–1561 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-018-0308-4
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