Experimental characterization of NiMnGa ferromagnetic shape memory alloy bars under variable loading conditions

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4701, Issue , 2002, Pages 29-39

  Couch, Ronald N ^a   Chopra, Inderjit ^b   Wuttig, Manfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuator characterization; Magnetic anisotropy; Magnetic Shape Memory; Strain rate

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DYNAMIC LOADS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MARTENSITE; NICKEL ALLOYS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STRAIN RATE; STRESSES;

DYNAMIC TESTING; MAGNETIC SATURATION;

SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

EID: 0036029235     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.474684     Document Type: Article

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