… This paper presents the different steps involved in designing, building and testing an
intelligent damper, which is originally a classic passive damper retrofitted with electro-rheological
(ER) technology, that can be used for semi-active car suspensions. … This paper reports
the design and manufacture of a new ER damper prototype and provides a description of
the device technology, characterization test results and optimization criteria. The ER
damper prototype was fabricated at the laboratories of the Société Industrielle d’Amortisseurs …