Amplifying and Leveraging Generated Force Upon Heating and Cooling in SMA Knitted Actuators

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Kevin EschenJulianna Abel

Abstract

This work reexamines traditional shape memory alloy (SMA) loading paths commonly used in SMA-based actuator applications and presents a novel, superimposed condition in which SMA generates substantial forces upon heating and cooling. This atypical effect, which is investigated with a textile-based actuator, was found to be prominent at the completion of material phase transformation, at which point thermal expansion/contraction became the dominant force-generating mechanism. We demonstrate that amplification of generated forces can be accomplished by varying the applied thermal load, applied structural strain, as well as actuator architecture. Specifically, we present SMA knitted actuators as an actuator architecture that increases the effect by aggregating SMA wires within a complex strain profile-effectively providing a larger operational window for the effect to propagate. The amplification of blocking forces through this novel operational procedure suggests reconsidering traditional blocking force design paradigms and opens untapped actuator application spaces, such as the highlighted medical and aerospace wearable technologies.

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