An automotive SMA mirror actuator: Modeling, design, and experimental evaluation

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1425-1434

  Williams, Eric ^a   Elahinia, Mohammad H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuator; Automotive; Shape memory

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ALLOYS; AUTOMOBILES; EXPERIMENTS; MACHINE DESIGN; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; MICROACTUATORS; MIRRORS; POWER CONVERTERS;

AUTOMOTIVE; AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS; DEGREE OF FREEDOMS; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATIONS; MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MIRROR ACTUATORS; REARVIEW MIRRORS; SHAPE MEMORY; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS; SMA ACTUATORS; THERMO-MECHANICAL BEHAVIORS;

SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

EID: 57049146937     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: 15308138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X07087328     Document Type: Article

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