• Composites Research
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.37-42
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• 2009

This paper presents an experimental approach to design a bending-type actuator by using a shape memory alloy wire (SMA), composite strip, and spring. The SMA wire is attached to two edges of the bent strip to apply pre-stress to the SMA wire. The spring is used to provide recovery force right after actuation of the SMA wire. To investigate thermo-mechanical characteristics of the SMA wire, a series of DSC tests have been conducted and tensile tests under various levels of pre-stress and input power have been performed. Based on the measured properties of the SMA wire, bending-type actuators are designed and tested for different combination of strip, number of springs, and input power. It has been found that a bending-type actuator with a proper combination shows fast actuation performance and low power consumption.

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.41-47
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• 1990

최근 열에너지를 기계에너지로 변환이 가능한 신소재인 형상기억합금으로 제작된 새로운 형태의 actuator를 이용한 해저로봇의 개발에 관하여 많은 연구들이 행하고 있다. 저자들은 로봇의 모양을 실제 동물의 형태인 "게" 모양으로 하고, 로봇을 구동시키는 게의 다리의 모든 연결부분의 인공근육을 Ni-Ti계 형상기억합금 스프링 또는 와이어로 구성되어져 있으며, 마이크로 컴퓨터에 의하여 구동이 자유로이 조절이 가능한 게 형태의 모양 로봇을 실제의 1/20크기로 제작하였다. 이 로봇의 특징은 구조가 간단하고, 고강도, 고내식성 그리고 부드럽고 자유롭게 3차원적 동작이 가능하다는 것을 들 수 있다. 해저 로봇의 최종목표는 심해자원의 탐사 및 채굴이 이용하는 것이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 그 가능성 및 기술적 문제 그리고 미래의 이러한 형상기억합금 로봇에 의한 심해자원 탐사를 위한 국제적인 협력의 필요성에 대하여 연구 검토하고자 한다. 검토하고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.634-641
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• 2001

Shape memory alloy has been used to improve the tensile strength of composite by the occurrence of compressive residual stress in matrix using its shape memory effect. In order to fabricate shape memory alloy composite, TiNi alloy and A16061 were used as reinforcing material and mix, respectively. In this study, TiNi/A16061 shape memory alloy composite was made by using hot press method. However, the specimen fabricated by this method had the bonding problem at the boundary between TiNi fiber and Al matrix when the load was applied to it. A cold rolling was imposed to the specimen to improve the bonding effect. It was found that tensile strength of specimen subjected to cold rolling was more increased than that of specimen which did not underwent cold rolling. In addition, acoustic emission technique was used to quantify the microscopic damage behavior of cold rolled TiNi/A16061 shape memory alloy composite at high temperature.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.103-110
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• 2018

The long-term flexural behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) beams strengthened with an iron based-shape memory alloys (Fe-SMAs) by a near-surface mounted (NSM) method was evaluated. The pre-strained values of 2% and 4% and introduced prestressing force by an activation of a shape memory effect of the Fe-SMA strengthening material were considered as experimental variables. Deflections at the center of the RC beams were measured for six months after the 1 tonf concrete weight was loaded on the beam. Experimental results show that the deflections decreased because of the increased flexural stiffness of beams strengthened with the Fe-SMA strips. On the contrary, with increased pre-strained values, the deflection increased due to stiffness reduction of the strengthening material. It was confirmed that the specimens incorporating the prestressed force showed the deflection reduction of about 30%, compared to the ones without the prestressed force.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.37 no.3
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• pp.307-313
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• 2009

In general, pyroshock is generated from the actuation of separation devices for several stage, fairing, and satellite separation in the flight of a launch vehicle. During these events, transient vibration phenomenon called pyroshock, which shows large acceleration in the high frequency range, occurs and it can result in the malfunction of electronic components which is equipped inside the launch vehicle or satellite. In this paper, mesh washer isolators made out of SMA were introduced for the isolation of pyroshock. One type of isolator primarily used pseudoelastic characteristics of SMA and the other type of isolator used shape memory effect of SMA. For the study of basic load-displacement relationship of each SMA isolator, compressive loading tests were performed and the results showed the capability of the isolator itself. Pyroshock isolation tests were followed and verified the outstanding isolation performance of isolator. In addition, random vibration tests were also performed and checked the dynamic characteristics of each SMA isolator.

• Journal of Korean Electronics
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• v.3 no.7
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• pp.133-135
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• 1983

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.75-79
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• 2001

In the recent years, as the research and the development of micro and precision machinery become active, the interest of micro actuators using SMA(Shape Memory Alloy) has been increased. The dynamic characteristic analysis of SMA is necessary for actuator application and many common researches report the material characteristics of SMA sufficiently. However, the research on dynamic characteristics is very deficient. In this paper, the helical spring are fabricated with NiTi SMA wire of high resistivity, The force, response speed, temperature, and displacement are measured by digital force gauge, infrared thermometer, and laser displacement sensor so that the dynamic characteristics of this SMA is analyzed. Also, bidirectional actuator was fabricated and experimented for its performance.

• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.23-32
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• 2007

The goal of this study is to perform several bending tests on a shape memory alloy bar and to analyze the characteristics of the bending behavior. The other goal is to verify the seismic performance of an SMA bar bending application. Single and double bending tests were conducted with varying loading speeds and maximum displacement. The loading and the unloading stiffness were estimated from the force-displacement curves and the equivalent damping ratio of each test was also assessed. In single bending, the SMA bar showed the stiffness hardening after the displacement of 32 mm. It is assumed that this phenomenon is due to the stress-induced-martensite hardening. The increasing loading speed did not influence on the stiffness of the single bending SMA bar. The stiffness of the double bending bar is about 5 times of that of the single bending. This study introduced a seismic application of SMA bending bars as seismic restrainers for bridges and showed its practicality. SMA bars in bending are used for seismic restrainers in a three-span-simply-supported bridge. They showed the effectiveness to reduce the responses of the bridge and the applicability for a seismic restrainer. The significance of this study is to provide basic knowledge of SMA bending and its seismic applications.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2003.03a
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• pp.143-143
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• 2003

현대 산업이 발전함에 따라 다양한 기기들의 초소형화가 급속히 진행되고 있다. 이러한 요구에 부응하기 위하여 미세구동소자(Microelectromechanical system)의 개발이 많은 연구 그룹들에 의해서 이루어지고 있다. 미세구동소자에 응용을 하기 위해 개발되어지고 있는 여러 가지 소재들 중 $\ulcorner$형상기억합금 $\lrcorner$은 기존의 바이메탈이나 피에조 소자에 비하여 작동거리가 우수하기 때문에 그 가능성을 인정받고 있지만, 벌크재료는 느린 냉각속도 때문에 반응속도가 느린 단점이 있기 때문에 박막화 할 필요성이 있다. 이러한 이유로 여러 그룹들에 의해 형상기억합금의 박막화가 시도되고 있으나, 조성에 의해 특성의 변화가 심한 형상기억합금의 정밀한 조성제어가 힘들다고 알려져 있다. 몇몇 연구 그룹에서 RF magnetron sputtering법을 이용하여 Ti-Ni합금 박막을 성공적으로 제조하였다는 보고가 있지만, 타겟 조성 및 형태 등의 정밀한 제어가 필요하므로 3원 합금 박막 등을 제조할 경우에는 또 다시 타겟의 조건을 정밀하게 제어해야 할 필요성이 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 산화물 박막등의 제조에 있어서 타겟 조성과 제조된 박막 조성이 잘 일치하여 조성제어가 쉽게 이루어진다고 알려져 있는 PLD법을 도입하여 형상기억합금 박막제조에 적용가능한지를 검토하는 것을 목적으로 하였다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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• v.16 no.1 s.68
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• pp.145-153
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• 2004

Conventional lead-rubber bearings may be unstable in case of strong ground motions. To address this problem, this paper proposed a new concept of isolation device wherein shape memory alloy wires were incorporated in an elastomeric bearing. A three-span continuous steel bridge was used for seismic analyses to compare the performance of lead-rubber and proposed bearings. The proposed bearings showed almost the same performance as the lead-rubber bearings. In particular, the proposed bearings limited relative displacement effectively with strong ground motions and recovered its original undeformed shape.