Dynamic actuation properties of Ni-Mn-Ga ferromagnetic shape memory alloys

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, 2002. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 198-201). === Dynamic magnetic-field-induced strain actuation of up to 3% with a frequency bandwidth of least 500 Hz in Ni48.5Mn29.5Ga21 ferromagne...

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Main Author: Henry, Christopher P. (Christopher Paul), 1974-
Other Authors: Samuel M. Allen and Robert C. O'Handley.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2005
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8442