Natural heat-sinking control method for high-speed actuation of the SMA

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 303-312

  Chee, Siong Loh ^a   Yokoi, Hiroshi ^a   Arai, Tamio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

High current pulse actuation; Shape memory alloy (SMA); Simple light weight heat sink

Indexed keywords

CURRENT PULSE ACTUATION; HEAT ENERGY; SIMPLE LIGHT WEIGHT HEAT SINKS;

ENERGY TRANSFER; HEAT SINKS; HEATING; KINETIC ENERGY; LUBRICATING GREASES; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SILICONES;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 33845989924     PISSN: 17298806     EISSN: 17298814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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