Thrasher et al., 1994 - Google Patents
Efficiency analysis of shape memory alloy actuatorsThrasher et al., 1994
- Document ID
- 12882900461988027404
- Author
- Thrasher M
- Shahin A
- Meckl P
- Jones J
- Publication year
- Publication venue
- Smart Materials and Structures
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A systematic efficiency analysis for shape memory alloy (SMA) actuators is presented. Two different actuator configurations are investigated, and the SMA properties which govern efficiency are determined. The efficiency is shown to be a function of yield stress, recovery …
- 229910001285 shape-memory alloy 0 title abstract description 145
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING ENGINES OR PUMPS
- F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER; OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F03G—SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS; MECHANICAL-POWER PRODUCING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR USING ENERGY SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F03G7/00—Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise provided for
- F03G7/06—Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise provided for using expansion or contraction of bodies due to heating, cooling, moistening, drying or the like
- F03G7/065—Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise provided for using expansion or contraction of bodies due to heating, cooling, moistening, drying or the like using a shape memory element
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