A review of SMA-based actuators for bidirectional rotational motion: application to origami robots

K Hu, K Rabenorosoa, M Ouisse - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Shape memory alloys (SMAs) are a group of metallic alloys capable of sustaining large
inelastic strains that can be recovered when subjected to a specific process between two …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical behaviors and biomedical applications of shape memory materials: A review

C Wen, X Yu, W Zeng, S Zhao, L Wang… - AIMS Materials …, 2018 - aimspress.com
A shape memory material (shape memory alloy (SMA) or shape memory polymer (SMP))
can experience large deformation and recover its original shape when exposed to a specific …

Constitutive model for the numerical analysis of phase transformation in polycrystalline shape memory alloys

D Lagoudas, D Hartl, Y Chemisky, L Machado… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
This work presents new developments in the thermomechanical constitutive modeling of
shape memory alloys (SMAs). The proposed phenomenological constitutive model is …

Engineering design framework for a shape memory alloy coil spring actuator using a static two-state model

SM An, J Ryu, M Cho, KJ Cho - Smart Materials and Structures, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
A shape memory alloy (SMA) coil spring actuator is fabricated by annealing an SMA wire
wound on a rod. Four design parameters are required for the winding: the wire diameter, the …

Three-dimensional modeling and numerical analysis of rate-dependent irrecoverable deformation in shape memory alloys

DJ Hartl, G Chatzigeorgiou, DC Lagoudas - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Shape memory alloys (SMAs) provide an attractive solid-state actuation alternative to
engineers in various fields due to their ability to exhibit recoverable deformations while …

[HTML][HTML] Control of Ni-Ti phase structure, solid-state transformation temperatures and enthalpies via control of L-PBF process parameters

JC Chekotu, R Goodall, D Kinahan, D Brabazon - Materials & Design, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, nitinol samples were produced via Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) in the
horizontal and vertical orientations with systematic variations in laser power, scan speed …

Experimental and numerical investigations of shape memory alloy helical springs

RAA Aguiar, MA Savi… - Smart Materials and …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Shape memory alloys (SMAs) belong to the class of smart materials and have been used in
numerous applications. Solid phase transformations induced either by stress or temperature …

[HTML][HTML] Fatigue on shape memory alloys: experimental observations and constitutive modeling

VM Dornelas, SA Oliveira, MA Savi… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper deals with the fatigue of shape memory alloys considering both experimental and
theoretical approaches. Initially, experimental tests are performed considering NiTi …

Phase field study of the microstructure evolution and thermomechanical properties of polycrystalline shape memory alloys: Grain size effect and rate effect

Y Sun, J Luo, J Zhu - Computational Materials Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Shape memory alloys (SMAs) are a class of metallic smart materials which possess
pseudoelasticity (PE) and shape memory effect (SME), depending on the ambient …

Models for shape memory alloy behavior: an overview of modeling approaches

A Khandelwal, V Buravalla - The International Journal of …, 2009 - ijscs-ojs-tamu.tdl.org
Shape memory alloys (SMA) have been known for over five decades and modeling of their
response has attracted much attention over the last two decades. Recent increase in the …