The influence of a magnetic field on the elastic and viscous properties ofmagnetoelastics

The effect of a uniform magnetic field on the viscous and elastic propertie s of new, rubber-elastic, magnetically guided polymeric materials (magnetoe lastics) capable of substantial deformation in an external magnetic field w as studied, it was found that the application of a magnetic field leads to a considerable rise in the Young modulus and in the viscosity coefficient o f these materials. A model is proposed which describes the effect of magnet ic field on the elasticity parameters. Based on the obtained experimental d ata, the influence of an external magnetic field and a magnetoelastic-stret ching force F on the volume fraction of polymer regions contracted by inter action of magnetic particles is considered in terms of the proposed theoret ical model.