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Actuator Applications with Single-Crystals of Cu-Zn-Al Shape Memory Alloy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

A. A. Yawny ,
M. Sade  and
F. C. Lovey
A. A. Yawny
Affiliation:
División Metales, Centro Atómico Bariloche (CNEA). (8400) S.C. de Bariloche, Argentina. yawny@cab. enea. edu. ar
M. Sade
Affiliation:
División Metales, Centro Atómico Bariloche (CNEA). (8400) S.C. de Bariloche, Argentina. yawny@cab. enea. edu. ar
F. C. Lovey
Affiliation:
División Metales, Centro Atómico Bariloche (CNEA). (8400) S.C. de Bariloche, Argentina. yawny@cab. enea. edu. ar
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Abstract

In the present work the use of single-crystals of Cu-Zn-Al Shape Memory Alloys (SMA) in actuator applications is analyzed. The actuator considered here, a device capable of doing work in response to temperature changes, is based on a single-crystal nucleus of a Cu-Zn-Al SMA coupled to a conventional spring that represents the load to be displaced. A special experimental stage was designed for performing controlled thermal cycles under load. In this way the effects of different parameters (cycle number, friction, temperature range, load level) on the actuator behavior can be studied. From the results obtained, the use of a single-crystal of an SMA in a thermostatic device is analyzed and compared with the commercial wax actuator performance.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 459: Symposium Y – Materials for Smart Systems II , 1996 , 369
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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