Optimal design of a flexural actuator

DOI10.1016/S0022-5096(01)00024-2zbMath1017.74046OpenAlexW2038489782MaRDI QIDQ5953056

Tian Jian Lu, Anthony G. Evans, John W. Hutchinson

Publication date: 28 August 2003

Published in: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5096(01)00024-2

zbMATH Keywords

optimizationphase transformationBiot numbermartensite evolutionoperational frequencyshape memory alloytemperature historyweight flexural actuator

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Control, switches and devices (``smart materials) in solid mechanics (74M05) Thermal effects in solid mechanics (74F05) Compliance or weight optimization in solid mechanics (74P05)

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