Simulation and design of SMA muscle

Author

Yang, Yan ; Lin, Chang-Hua

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mechanic, Chongqing Inst. of Technol., Chongqing

fYear

2007

fDate

15-18 Dec. 2007

Firstpage

1586

Lastpage

1590

Abstract

For a certain TiNi shape memory alloy fabricated by the Institute of Metals of Chinese Academy of Sciences, the sharp memory effect experiments are conducted and the shape memory effect under different temperatures are discussed in detail. Then, a mathematic model of stress-strain of SMA wires is proposed and corresponding model parameters are determined. A new SMA muscle is brought forward and its design formula and control strategy are explained. The construct of the muscle is designed and the variance of effectiveness with the main parameters of the devices is calculated in detail. In addition, reasonable values for the parameters of SMA muscle are given. We also present a simulation scheme for deflection of the SMA muscle. Based on this method, a simulation was designed and the result is satisfied with the experiment.

Keywords

biomedical materials; muscle; nickel alloys; shape memory effects; stress-strain relations; titanium alloys; SMA muscle; SMA wires; shape memory alloy; shape memory effect; stress-strain model; Actuators; Biomimetics; Energy consumption; Heat recovery; Mathematical model; Muscles; Robots; Shape memory alloys; Temperature measurement; Wire; muscle; shape memory alloy (SMA); simulation.;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robotics and Biomimetics, 2007. ROBIO 2007. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sanya

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1761-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1758-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROBIO.2007.4522401

Filename

4522401