Practical Experiments to Determine Performance Characteristics of Shape Memory Alloys

摘要

This report presents the design and operation of an experimental assembly to test and record properties of Shape Memory Alloy wire actuators. While the capabilities and varying properties of Shape Memory Alloys are many, this work focuses on transition temperatures and length changes in response to temperature and loading inputs. A brief background section on Shape Memory Alloys is presented, along with details of testing apparatus construction, experimental design, actual progress of experiments, and their summarized results.