Analysis of performance and energy efficiency of thin shape memory alloy wire-based actuators

Muhammad Amir Hamza Khan; Luigi Manfredi; Florien Velsink; Yu Huan; Alfred Cuschieri

Analysis of performance and energy efficiency of thin shape memory alloy wire-based actuators

Muhammad Amir Hamza Khan, Luigi Manfredi, Florien Velsink, Yu Huan, Alfred Cuschieri

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Recently actuators based on smart materials have attracted considerable interest in the field of Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), due to their potential to provide high power-to-weight ratio. Shape memory alloy (SMA) s are effective these material for actuation because of their lightweight, low power consumption, and heating actuated and superelastic properties. The objective of the current study concerns the selection of the appropriate design configuration for thin SMA wire-based actuators. We proposed two compact SMA-wire based rotary actuators, which use thin SMA wires or extension spring in antagonist configuration. The main contributions of this paper are the study of position tracking performance of the proposed actuators on a purpose designed reconfigurable experimental test bed as a proof-of-concept together with evaluation of their energy efficiency.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings Actuator 2016
Editors	Hubert Borgmann
Place of Publication	Germany
Publisher	Messe Bremen-HVG Hanseatische Veransaltungs-GMBH
Pages	321-324
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9783933339270
ISBN (Print)	9783933339263
Publication status	Published - 13 Jun 2016
Event	Actuator 2016: 15th International Conference on New Actuators & 9th International Exhibition on Smart Actuators and Drive Systems - Bremen, Germany Duration: 13 Jun 2016 → 15 Jun 2016 http://www.actuator.de/home

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Conference	Actuator 2016
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Bremen
Period	13/06/16 → 15/06/16
Internet address	http://www.actuator.de/home

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Smart materials
SMA Actuators
SMA wires

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Analysis of performance and energy efficiency of thin shape memory alloy wire-based actuators. / Khan, Muhammad Amir Hamza ; Manfredi, Luigi; Velsink, Florien et al.
Proceedings Actuator 2016. ed. / Hubert Borgmann. Germany: Messe Bremen-HVG Hanseatische Veransaltungs-GMBH, 2016. p. 321-324 C 2.4.

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