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Characteristics of the Bending Actuator Using a Shape Memory Alloy Wire

Seok Heo, Doyeon Hwang, Hoon Cheol Park

Abstract


This paper presents an experimental study on a bending actuator with a shape memory alloy wire. In this study, we introduced design process and experimental result of the bending actuator. The bending actuator consists of a SMA wire, springs, and a glass/epoxy strip. In the bending actuator, springs were used to restore the SMA wire to its initial shape right after actuation. To obtain properties of the SMA wire, DSC test was performed and the behavior of the SMA wire under different loadings was observed. Finally, the proposed bending actuator shows reasonable actuation behavior with relatively lower power consumption, fast response and effective efficiency.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21535%2FProICIUS.2008.v4.848

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