Shape Memory Polymer Composite Actuator: Modeling Approach for Preliminary Design and Validation

design and manufacture of actuator based on smart shape memory polymer

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Magnetic Shape Memory Alloy and Actuator Design

In the field of micromechatronics, microrobotics and specially microfactories, active materials are used in most cases. They permit high resolution and distributed actuation. In this area, Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys (MSMA) are possible candidates. If a lot of studies deal with MSMA, only few applications use them until now. MSMA are attractive active materials because they have large strain (...

Design of membrane actuators based on ferromagnetic shape memory alloy composite for the synthetic jet actuator

A new membrane actuator based on our previous diaphragm actuator was designed and constructed to improve the dynamic performance. The finite element analysis was used to estimate the frequency response of the composite membrane which will be driven close to its resonance to obtain a large stroke. The membrane is made of ferromagnetic shape memory alloy (FSMA) composite including a ferromagnetic...

3D Modeling and Design Optimization of Rod Shaped Ionic Polymer Metal Composite Actuator

Shape Memory Alloy Actuator Controller Design for Tactile Displays

This paper describes the design of a controller for a tactile shape display for dexterous telemanipulation applications. This device consists of an array of pin elements which rest against the human finger tip. Shape memory alloy (SMA) wire actuators raise individual pins to approximate the desired surface shape on the skin. To overcome the slow response times of SMA actuators we have implement...