A note on size effect in actuating NiTi shape memory alloys by electrical current

Materials and Design

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1432-1437

  An, L ^a   Huang, W M ^b   Fu, Y Q ^c   Guo, N Q ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actuation; Frequency; Power; Shape memory alloy; Size effect

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FREQUENCY CONTROL; LINEAR EQUATIONS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

LOGARITHMIC SCALE;

NICKEL ALLOYS;

ACTUATORS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FREQUENCY CONTROL; LINEAR EQUATIONS; NICKEL ALLOYS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 41649115416     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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