Beam shape control using shape memory alloys

This thesis presents the design and experimental results of active position control of a shape memory alloy (SMA) wire and a SMA wire actuated composite beam. The wire is a single SMA Nickel Titanium wire mounted on a single wire test stand. The composite beam is aluminum honeycomb with SMA wires em...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kelly, Brian L.
Other Authors: Agrawal, Brij N.
Language:en_US
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/32655