A bio-inspired shape memory alloy composite (BISMAC) actuator

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Villanueva, A A ^a   Joshi, K B ^a   Blottman, J B ^b   Priya, S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE COMPONENTS; ACTUATOR DESIGN; ANALYTICAL MODEL; AURELIA; BEAM DEFORMATION; BIO-INSPIRED; COMPOSITE ACTUATOR; DESIGN PARAMETERS; EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; ERROR NORM; FINITE BEAMS; FLEXIBLE STEEL; LARGE DEFORMATIONS; MEAN CURVATURE; PERCENTAGE ERROR; RADIUS OF CURVATURE; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY COMPOSITES; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY WIRE; SQUARE ROOTS; TRANSFER MATRIX MODEL;

ACTUATORS; ALLOYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; IRON ALLOYS; MACHINE DESIGN; MODELS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SILICONES;

TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

EID: 76649140550     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/19/2/025013     Document Type: Article

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