There are three working modes of electro rheological(ER) damper, flow mode of fixed electrode, shear mode of slide electrode, mixer mode of slide electrode. The damping force is analyzed for gas-filled ER damper of flow mode of fixed electrode. There are three sections of damping force, and they are background damping force of a fluid viscosity, electric damping force of applied electric field and pressure of gas. The characteristic of ER damper is adjustable by electric filed strength for electric damping force. At the same time, some structure factors of ER damper are discussed.