conference paper
Multi-Output Compliant Shape Memory Alloy Bias-Spring Actuators
August 5, 2020
2020 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM)
Smart Materials such as Shape Memory Alloys (SMA) play a major role in creating Smart Actuators that are compact and high performing. Traditional SMA bias-spring actuators are only capable of a single linear output. Using topology optimization, compliant SMA bias-spring mechanisms that can create multi-output displacements from a single bias-spring are designed to improve upon the traditional actuators. These new smart actuators are then simulated using Finite Element Modelling to validate the presence of the Shape Memory Effect.
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2020-08-05
Publisher
Published in
2020 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM)
ISBN of the book
978-1-728167-94-7
Start page
795
End page
800
Editorial or Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
Written at
EPFL
EPFL units
| Event name | Event place | Event date |
Boston, USA, (Virtual Conference) | July 6-9, 2020 | |
Available on Infoscience
September 10, 2020
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