Identification of the transient response of SMA embedded flexible rods

Brett J. deBlonk; Andrew J. Kurdila; Dimitris C. Lagoudas; Glenn V. Webb

doi:10.1117/12.208326

8 May 1995 Identification of the transient response of SMA embedded flexible rods

Brett J. deBlonk, Andrew J. Kurdila, Dimitris C. Lagoudas, Glenn V. Webb

Proceedings Volume 2443, Smart Structures and Materials 1995: Smart Structures and Integrated Systems; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.208326
Event: Smart Structures and Materials '95, 1995, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper presents a framework for the identification of the constitutive law for a class of nonlinear models of shape memory alloys (SMA) embedded elastomeric rods. Specifically, a formulation of the transient response of elastomeric rods with embedded shape memory alloy actuators that incorporate the inherent coupling between the dynamics of deformation at the structural level, the thermal response and the constitutive law describing the shape memory alloy is described. Previous work by the authors has shown that the incorporation of shape memory alloy actuation is distributed parameter systems can induce a large class of nonlinearities including hysteresis effects in the SMA constitutive law, nonlinear kinematics of large deformation, and, in some cases, local plasticity effects. To derive a methodology to control the dynamics for the class of SMA embedded elastomeric rods considered in this paper, it is essential that the system characteristics of the nonlinear distributed parameter system be identified accurately. This paper presents an identification theory applicable to the coupled system of partial differential equations. The results are validated using both numerical simulations and experimental results.

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Brett J. deBlonk, Andrew J. Kurdila, Dimitris C. Lagoudas, and Glenn V. Webb "Identification of the transient response of SMA embedded flexible rods", Proc. SPIE 2443, Smart Structures and Materials 1995: Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, (8 May 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.208326

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