Actuator from a Material with the High-Temperature Shape Memory Effect and Examples of its Application in Engineering

The report provides designs of actuators from the shape memory material-nitinol. It is proposed to use rods, wire, sheets and tape as working elements of the actuators. Special attention is paid to the designs of composite multil-element actuators, working elements of which are connected in parallel or in series. The experimental technique and results of experiments on evaluation of stresses developed by such actuators are given. It is shown that using the composite actuators from thin working elements facilitates control over their heating and cooling.