TY - JOUR
T1 - Modeling the mechanical behavior of an SMA manipulator
AU - Okuyama, Takeshi
AU - Yakuwa, Kumiko
AU - Luo, Yun
AU - Higa, Masaru
AU - Takagi, Toshiyuki
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - In this work a manipulator made of a shape memory alloy (SMA) and driven by thermoelectric modules is described. The mechanical output of the manipulator is obtained during the phase transformation of the SMA. To control the mechanical output, the relation between the transformation and the deformation of the SMA has to be determined. In this paper, a phenomenological model is proposed to predict the mechanical behavior of the SMA manipulator. Its validity is confirmed by a comparison of the deformation results between the numerical simulation and experiments.
AB - In this work a manipulator made of a shape memory alloy (SMA) and driven by thermoelectric modules is described. The mechanical output of the manipulator is obtained during the phase transformation of the SMA. To control the mechanical output, the relation between the transformation and the deformation of the SMA has to be determined. In this paper, a phenomenological model is proposed to predict the mechanical behavior of the SMA manipulator. Its validity is confirmed by a comparison of the deformation results between the numerical simulation and experiments.
KW - Manipulator
KW - Phase transformations
KW - Shape memory alloy
KW - Thermoelectric module
KW - Two-way shape memory effect
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U2 - 10.3233/jae-2007-856
DO - 10.3233/jae-2007-856
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34249705344
SN - 1383-5416
VL - 25
SP - 495
EP - 501
JO - International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics
JF - International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics
IS - 1-4
ER -