Position estimation and control of SMA actuators based on electrical resistance measurement

Smart Structures and Systems

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-200

  Song, Gangbing ^a   Ma, Ning ^b   Lee, Ho Jun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b Cyrus Solutions Corporation   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric resistance; Feedback control; Sensorless feedback control; Shape memory alloy

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; ESTIMATION; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; MICROACTUATORS; POSITION CONTROL; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SHAPE-MEMORY ALLOY; WIRE;

CURVE FITTING TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; FEEDBACK POSITION CONTROL; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; PROPORTIONAL PLUS DERIVATIVES; SENSORLESS; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS(SMA);

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE;

EID: 33947688733     PISSN: 17381584     EISSN: 17381991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sss.2007.3.2.189     Document Type: Article

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