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Magnetorheological Fluid
1.1 Physical Properties
The initial discovery and development of magnetorheological (MR) uids
is attributed to Jacob Rabinow at the U.S. National Bureau of Standards in
the late 1940s [1–3]. Interestingly, even though MR uids were introduced
almost at the same time as electrorheological (ER) uids, more patents and
publications were reported in the late 1940s and early 1950s for MR uids
than for ER uids [4]. Until recently, the non-availability of MR uids of an
acceptable quality has resulted in a dearth of relevant published literature,
except for the brief urry of publications in the period following their ...