Study on the dual-segment arctangent model of magnetorheological damper (MRD)

Abstract Magnetorheological fluid damper (MRD) is a damping device that utilizes the instantaneous variable characteristics of magnetorheological fluid in magnetic field to control damping force. At present, there are some problems with the existing mechanical parametric models of MRD, such as the complexity of parameters in the Bouc–Wen model, low model accuracy, and the inability of the Bingham model to accurately capture the hysteresis characteristics of damping force with velocity variation. In response to these issues, on the base of MRD performance testing, a dual-segment arctangent model based on arctangent function is proposed. This model uses the arctangent function to describe the nonlinearity of the damping force output curve. And using piecewise fitting method to accurately capture the hysteresis characteristics of the output curve. Compared with existing parametric models such as the Bingham model, Sigmoid model, Bouc–wen improved model, et al, the dual-segment arctangent model shows simpler parameters and higher model fitting accuracy. The comparative analysis of the fitting results based on experimental data confirms the effectiveness and accuracy of the proposed model, providing-valuable reference for the development of high-precision MRD mechanical models.