This article presents the design, the prototype construction, and the experimental testing of a shape memory actuator implementing the concept of elastic compensation put forward in a previous publication by the authors. A two-shape memory alloy actuator, compensated by a spring-assisted bistable rocker arm, is designed theoretically to provide nearly constant output forces and then it is built and characterized experimentally under laboratory conditions. The test results closely agree with the theoretical predictions and show that for given output force, the compensated actuator produces net strokes from 2.5 to 22 times greater than a twin uncompensated actuator. The stroke improvement increases dra-matically with the generated output force. Weaknesses of the compensated design are the heavier average stress sus-tained by the shape memory alloy springs, which could impair the fatigue life, and a higher response time.

Design and testing of an enhanced shape memory actuator elastically compensated by a bistable rocker arm / SCIRE' MAMMANO, Giovanni; Dragoni, Eugenio. - In: JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES. - ISSN 1045-389X. - STAMPA. - 24:(2013), pp. 704-716. [10.1177/1045389X12455724]

Design and testing of an enhanced shape memory actuator elastically compensated by a bistable rocker arm

SCIRE' MAMMANO, Giovanni;DRAGONI, Eugenio
2013

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This article presents the design, the prototype construction, and the experimental testing of a shape memory actuator implementing the concept of elastic compensation put forward in a previous publication by the authors. A two-shape memory alloy actuator, compensated by a spring-assisted bistable rocker arm, is designed theoretically to provide nearly constant output forces and then it is built and characterized experimentally under laboratory conditions. The test results closely agree with the theoretical predictions and show that for given output force, the compensated actuator produces net strokes from 2.5 to 22 times greater than a twin uncompensated actuator. The stroke improvement increases dra-matically with the generated output force. Weaknesses of the compensated design are the heavier average stress sus-tained by the shape memory alloy springs, which could impair the fatigue life, and a higher response time.
2013
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704
716
Design and testing of an enhanced shape memory actuator elastically compensated by a bistable rocker arm / SCIRE' MAMMANO, Giovanni; Dragoni, Eugenio. - In: JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES. - ISSN 1045-389X. - STAMPA. - 24:(2013), pp. 704-716. [10.1177/1045389X12455724]
SCIRE' MAMMANO, Giovanni; Dragoni, Eugenio
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