Title :
Experimental setup to analyze the relation between resistance and length on SMA wires
Author :
Branciforte, Marco ; La Rosa, F. ; Muscato, G. ; Fonti, Alessandro
Author_Institution :
STMicroelectron., Catania, Italy
Abstract :
This paper describes the characterization process on Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) wires using an experimental setup, in order to identify the relation between the resistance and the stroke of the material. This identification process enables new simplified architectures of driving electronics for using these materials as smart and light actuators.
Keywords :
electric resistance; electromagnetic actuators; intelligent actuators; shape memory effects; SMA wire length; SMA wire resistance; electronics; experimental setup; identification process; light actuator; material resistance; material stroke; shape memory alloy wire; smart actuator; Shape memory alloy; hysteresis; modeling; phase transformation;
Conference_Titel :
Innovative Engineering Systems (ICIES), 2012 First International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Alexandria
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4440-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICIES.2012.6530849
