An inductance-based technique for the measurement of magnetic moment of the magnetorheological fluids

We presented a detailed study of the inductance properties of a MRF-based system with different MRF volume fractions under a magnetic field. The inductance of the system raised firstly and then decreased while the magnetic field kept increasing. We theoretically analyzed the mechanism of the field-induced variation of the inductance and deduced that the magnetic field dependence of the inductance could be represented by the derivative of the magnetic moment of MRF, thus the M-H curves of the MRF could be derived from the inductance measurement proceeded in our work. This method for the magnetization calibration was very convenient and economic for manipulation compared with the traditional magnetization meter techniques and has been proved to be feasible according to the experimental results which showed a satisfactory measurement precision.