TY - JOUR A1 - Klein, Dagmar A1 - Rensink, D. A1 - Freimuth, Herbert A1 - Monkman, Gareth J. A1 - Egersdörfer, Stefan A1 - Böse, Holger A1 - Baumann, Michael T1 - Modelling the Response of a Tactile Array using an Electrorheological Fluids JF - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics N2 - This paper reports the first step in the development of a tactile array suitable for the presentation of haptic information in virtual reality. The system is based on the electric field dependence of the viscosity of electrorheological fluids. The simulation, as well as the experimental realization of single tactels is described. The mathematical approach is based on the Eckart model (Eckart W 2000 Continuum Mech. Thermodyn. 12 341–62) and its validity is demonstrated by comparing the resulting yield stress with the experimental results from Wunderlich (2000 Dissertation Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg). Two different tactel designs are realized and the experimental results are compared with numerical simulation. The design of modification B is shown to be applicable for the realization of an actuator array with high spatial resolution. Y1 - 2004 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/37/5/023 SN - 1361-6463 SN - 0022-3727 VL - 37 IS - 5 SP - 794 EP - 803 PB - IOP Publ. CY - Bristol ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Legrand, Virginie A1 - Böse, Holger A1 - Ermert, Helmut A1 - Freimuth, Herbert A1 - Baumann, Michael A1 - Egersdörfer, Stefan A1 - Meier, Alexander A1 - Dragoi, Daniel T1 - Technologien für haptische Systeme in der Informationsübertragung T2 - IAFW Tagung - Lengenfeld, Mai 2003 Y1 - 2003 ER -