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SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY BASED MICRO-MESO SCALE MANIPULATOR

Description:

The need for low-cost robust meso-scale "smart" robots (manipulators) that have no discrete parts (monolithic), no sensors ("self-sensing") and can be used in space-constrained systems, e.g., in microfactories, biomedical applications, etc., was the motivation for the current research. This study describes the design, fabrication and analysis of such a smart...

Keyword:

self-sensing, model of motion, kinetics of phase transformation, Shape Memory Alloys, NiTi, smart structures, accordion spring, laser assisted process, actuator, manipulator, direct metal deposition, nitinol, and clamping

Subject:

Mechanical Engineering

Creator:

Kostyantyn Malukhin

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Date Uploaded:

09/12/2018

Date Modified:

09/12/2018

Date Created:

2008-05-15

Resource Type:

Dissertation