Precise position control using shape memory alloy wires

Authors

BURCU DÖNMEZ
BÜLENT ÖZKAN
FEVZİ SUAT KADIOĞLU

DOI

10.3906/elk-0906-14

Abstract

Shape memory alloys (SMAs) are active metallic ``smart'' materials used as actuators and sensors in high technology smart systems [1]. The term shape memory refers to ability of certain materials to ``remember'' a shape, even after rather severe deformations: once deformed at low temperatures, these materials will stay deformed until heated, whereupon they will return to their original, pre-deformed ``learned'' shape [2]. This property can be used to generate motion and/or force in electromechanical devices and micro-machines. However, the accuracy of SMA actuators is severely limited by their highly nonlinear stimulus-response characteristics. In this work, modeling, simulation, and experimental efforts to precisely control the position of a Ni-Ti based shape memory alloy wire is presented. In this content three separate control strategies are tried and very good positioning accuracies are obtained.

Keywords

Shape memory alloy wire, precise control, smart materials, computer simulations, experiment

First Page

899

Last Page

912

Recommended Citation

DÖNMEZ, BURCU; ÖZKAN, BÜLENT; and KADIOĞLU, FEVZİ SUAT (2010) "Precise position control using shape memory alloy wires," Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences: Vol. 18: No. 5, Article 12. https://doi.org/10.3906/elk-0906-14
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/elektrik/vol18/iss5/12