RIA: A Theoretical Inve#sigation of Electrorheological Materials and Their Applications

智能领域的跨学科研究计划 将开发材料系统和自适应结构， 主要重点是基础科学的发展 在美国实施这项技术所需的基础。 应用. 在最初的计划期间， 电流变（ER）材料及其应用 将被研究。 电流变材料领域的理论研究 流变学、电流变材料预屈服自适应结构和电流变 将进行材料屈服后自适应装置。 所有 最初的努力将是目前研究的延伸， 调查员，而以前受雇于洛德公司。 电流变材料行为微观模型的进一步发展 将完成，和流变响应的最先进的 将模拟ER制剂。 屈服前行为的知识 将用于电流变材料自适应结构的研究， 在此期间，结构响应理论将进一步 开发 与屈服后响应相关的流变信息 将与ER改进理论的发展相结合 材料可控的器件性能。 的总体影响 调查将是可能的，改善的 对电流变材料的基本理论理解及其 应用程序中的使用。

An interdisciplinary research program in the area of intelligent materials systems and adaptive structures will be developed, with the primary focus being the development of the fundamental science base necessary for the implementation of this technology in U.S. applications. During the initial program period, electrorheological (ER) materials and their usage in applications will be studied. Theoretical efforts in the areas of ER material rheology, ER material pre-yield adaptive structures, and ER material post-yield adaptive devices will be performed. All initial efforts will be extensions of research by the present investigator while the previously employed at Lord Corporation. Further development of a microscopic model of ER material behavior will be completed, and the rheological response of state-of-the-art ER formulations will be simulated. Knowledge of pre-yield behavior will be utilized in a study of ER material adaptive structures, during which a structural response theory will be further developed. Rheological information related to post-yield response will be coupled to the development of an improved theory for ER material controllable device performance. The overall impact of the investigation will be possible, the improvement of the fundamental theoretical understanding of ER materials and their usage in applications.