Factors influencing load transmission through electrorheological cylinder clutch

This paper discusses the influence of factors shaping electrorheological characteristics of a clutch. Dependencies on the torque transmitted by the output shaft of the clutch were determined for various rhelogical models. The main part of the work is devoted to rheological modelling of the electrorheological cylinder clutch. The discussed rheological models include: visco-plastic and visco-elasto-plastic Bingham models, visco-elasto-plastic Gamota-Filisco, and Li models. The research stand and possible tests are described. The remaining part of the work discusses electrorheological characteristics of the ER fluid. Moreover, directions for further research on the laboratory stand designed and made by the author were formulated.