A Magnetoelectric Hybrid Hydraulic Damper for the Mining Robot Suspension System

In order to improve the damping and controllability of the mining robot suspension system, a new magnetoelectric hybrid suspension hydraulic damper, which is a semiactive suspension damper, is proposed based on the traditional hydraulic damper by introducing the magnetic-electric hybrid suspension structure. The structure and working principle of the damper are introduced, respectively, and the mathematical models of the equivalent stiffness and equivalent damping of the system are calculated by the magnetic circuit method and the oil circuit method, while AMESim/Simulink cosimulation is carried out. In order to test the damping performance, a prototype of the magnetoelectric hybrid suspension hydraulic damper was fabricated. The results show that the vibration displacement amplitude can be reduced by 20% and the vibration acceleration amplitude can be reduced by 10% by adjusting the stiffness and damping of the system due to the magnetoelectric hybrid suspension structure. Moreover, the experimental results are consistent with the simulation results, which verify the effectiveness and superiority of this type of damper.