{"product_id":"shape-memory-alloy-monolithic-micro-meso-kostyantyn-malukhin-9783639135923","title":"Shape Memory Alloy Monolithic Micro-Meso Scale Manipulator","description":"The need for low-cost robust meso-scale \"smart\" robots (manipulators) that have no discrete parts (monolithic), no sensors (\"self-sensing\") and can be used in space-constrained systems, e.g., in microfactories, biomedical applications, etc., was the motivation for the current research. This study describes the design, fabrication and analysis of such a smart robot - a monolithic Micro\/Meso Scale Manipulator (mMM), fabricated from Shape Memory Alloy powders (NiTi) by means of the laser-based Direct Metal Deposition (DMD) process.A first prototype, a functional part of the mMM - a SMA accordion spring type actuator was manufactured by DMD. The actuator provides a linear movement for the mMM due to the Shape Memory Effect (SME) property of SMAs. A new mathematical model describing the phase transformation kinetics in SMAs and a new analytical phase transformation function was developed. In the current work a \"self-sensing\" concept was explored and evaluated in an SMA wire actuator and applied to the SMA spring based actuator. A new mathematical model of the motion of the SMA wire- and spring- based actuators was developed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kostyantyn Malukhin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 363913592X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783639135923\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e VDM Verlag\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Kostyantyn Malukhin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47305521365247,"sku":"9783639135923","price":85.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f14982c5-c800-4e7c-b75e-5b1cad3eb921.jpg?v=1758831111","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shape-memory-alloy-monolithic-micro-meso-kostyantyn-malukhin-9783639135923","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}