Case Studies in the Preliminary Design of SMA Actuators Academic Article

abstract

• 2015, The Author(s). In spite of the rather complex and hysteretic behavior of SMA components (wires and springs), and the complex changes that occur in their microstructures, the preliminary design of SMA wires and springs turns out to be reasonably simple provided we utilize their shape memory characteristics in specific ways. Designing SMA actuators requires defining actuation intervals (temperature profile), load levels and/or displacement outputs over its intended designed life. The alloy composition dictates the transformation temperatures and the components operating range. SMA components could be functional under load controlled or displacement controlled or simultaneous load and displacement controlled setups.

authors

• Reddy, Junuthula
• Srinivasa, Arun

published proceedings

• SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology

author list (cited authors)

• Rao, A., Srinivasa, A. R., & Reddy, J. N.

complete list of authors

• Rao, Ashwin||Srinivasa, AR||Reddy, JN

publication date

• January 2015

publisher

• Springer International Publishing  Publisher

published in

• SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/978-3-319-03188-0_7

start page

• 99

end page

• 115

issue

• 9783319031873

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03188-0_7