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1 DESIGN AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A NOVEL HYBRID ACTUATOR USING SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY AND D.C MOTOR FOR MINIMALLY
 

Summary:  ) Electric serial manipulator 18 4.1 First phase of actuation in closing the needle driver jaws 22 4.2 Second... endoscope. The designed manipulators (as shown in figure 3.2) include a hydraulic actuator, electric stewart... platform and electric serial manipulator. These ...

  

Source: Cavusoglu, Cenk - Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Case Western Reserve University

 

Collection: Engineering ; Computer Technologies and Information Sciences

 
2 Distributed power and control actuation in the thoracic mechanics of a robotic insect
 

Summary:  · Applied actuator force: a function of actuator geometry and applied electric field227 · Actuator... Distributed power and control actuation in the thoracic mechanics of a robotic insect Benjamin M... actuation can also modulate wing motion in a robotic design. ...

  

Source: Wood, Robert - School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

 

Collection: Engineering

 
3 REMOTE CONTROL OF A CYBORG MOTH USING CARBON NANOTUBE-ENHANCED FLEXIBLE NEUROPROSTHETIC PROBE
 

Summary:  to evoke multi-directional, graded abdominal motions in the moths thus altering their flight path. 1... --with the benefits of MEMS and electronics--sensing, actuation and information processing. The two basic components... ) to evoke the abdominal motions in the moths. Moreover, we have electroplated a CNT-Au nanocomposite film

  

Source: Voldman, Joel - Research Laboratory of Electronics & Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

 

Collection: Engineering

 
4 INSECT FLIGHT CONTROL BY NEURAL STIMULATION OF PUPAE-IMPLANTED FLEXIBLE
 

Summary:  abdominal mo- tion of (a) a pupa and (b) an adult moth before and during electrical stimulation. Figure 5... .I. Akinwande1 and J. Voldman1 1 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute... nervous system (CNS). We have developed a flexible electrode array that provides multisite ...

  

Source: Voldman, Joel - Research Laboratory of Electronics & Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

 

Collection: Engineering

 
5 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, VOL. 57, NO. 7, JULY 2010 1757 Flexible Split-Ring Electrode for Insect Flight
 

Summary:  the multisite electrode to deliver electrical stimuli that evoke multidirectional, graded abdominal motions... ability--with the benefits of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) and electronics--sensing, actuation... is with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Com- puter Science Department, ...

  

Source: Voldman, Joel - Research Laboratory of Electronics & Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

 

Collection: Engineering

 
6 Preprint of the Paper submitted to the 10th International Conference on New Actuators, Bremen,
 

Summary:  demonstrates one envisioned future use of the actuators. One advantage over electric motors lies in the large... is moving toward a certain position. Heating the actuator with an electric current causes a fast contraction... ) and robot prototype (right) actuation has more freedom for the ...

  

Source: Stryk, Oskar von - Fachbereich Informatik, Technische Universität Darmstadt

 

Collection: Computer Technologies and Information Sciences

 
7 IMPROVED PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS FOR USE IN HIGH-SPEED PULSED David L. Proctor, Daniel R. Albert and H. Floyd Davis
 

Summary:  1 IMPROVED PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS FOR USE IN HIGH-SPEED PULSED VALVES David L. Proctor, Daniel R... University Ithaca, NY 14853-1301 ABSTRACT We describe the assembly of piezoelectric actuators suitable... form, these actuators have performance equal to and resistance to chemical attack far superior

  

Source: Davis, H. Floyd - Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University

 

Collection: Chemistry

 
8 IOP PUBLISHING JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING J. Micromech. Microeng. 17 (2007) 975982 doi:10.1088/0960-1317/17/5/018
 

Summary:  -directional, electrothermal, electromagnetic actuator. When an electrical current (I) passes from one pad through... ­982 doi:10.1088/0960-1317/17/5/018 Bi-directional electrothermal electromagnetic actuators Andrew Cao1... , Jongbaeg Kim2 and Liwei Lin1 1 Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center, University of ...

  

Source: Lin, Liwei - Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley

 

Collection: Engineering

 
9 Streamwise and spanwise plasma actuators for flow-induced cavity noise control
 

Summary:  the flow field local to plasma actuators by electric discharges. The first one is the local heating... actuation due to the weaker electric field above the flow facing surface. The optimal driving fre- quency fp... electrode Spanwise actuator Pitot tube Electric ...

  

Source: Huang, Xun - Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering, Peking University; Huang, Xun - School of Engineering Sciences, University of Southampton

 

Collection: Engineering

 
10 Preprint of the paper submitted to the 4 t h I FA C -S y m p o s i u m o n M e c h a t r o n i c S y s t e m s H e i d e l b e r g , G e r m a n y , S e p t e m b e r 1 2 t h -1 4 t h , 2 0 0 6
 

Summary:  the actuator with an electric current causes a fast contraction that differs with the payload. To get a certain... ). Improving the speed of Shape Memory Alloy Actuators by Faster Electrical Heating In: Intern. Symposium... MACROSCOPIC SMA WIRE BUNDLE ACTUATOR/SENSOR SYSTEM: DESIGN, ...

  

Source: Stryk, Oskar von - Fachbereich Informatik, Technische Universität Darmstadt

 

Collection: Computer Technologies and Information Sciences

 
11 JOURNAL DE PHYSIQUEIV Colloque C2, supplkmentau Journal de Physique 111, Volume 5, fkvrier 1995
 

Summary:  % . These laminates were actuated electrically and were designed to exhibit macroscopic shape changes during actuation... The Actuation Response of Model SMA Hybrid Laminates C.M. Friend and N. Morgan Cranfield University, Shrivenham... on the actuation response of ...

  

Source: Ecole Polytechnique, Centre de mathématiques

 

Collection: Mathematics

 
12 520-Sensors and Actuators for Control Systems Dan Gelbart
 

Summary:  theorem.. Famous historical sensors and actuators. Valves (fluidic, electrical, electronic) as amplifiers... 520-Sensors and Actuators for Control Systems Dan Gelbart Course Outline 1. Brief Review of control... and historical servos. Actuator and sensor phase shifts, resonances, instability and hysteresis. ...

  

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Collection: Engineering

 
13 University of Southampton Research Repository ePrints Soton
 

Summary:  AND THE ENVIRONMENT Institute of Sound and Vibration Research Antenatal foetal monitoring through abdominal phonogram... FOETAL MONITORING THROUGH ABDOMINAL PHONOGRAM RECORDINGS: A SINGLE-CHANNEL INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS... passive transducers that sense electric, magnetic or vibration signals. Here, attention has been ...

  

Source: Quartly, Graham - National Oceanography Centre Southampton

 

Collection: Environmental Sciences and Ecology ; Geosciences

 
14 HIERARCHICAL ACTUATORS Dryver Huston1
 

Summary:  with a hierarchical actuator, a series of experiments were conducted with SMA actuators (Mondotronics EP1-3 Electric... HIERARCHICAL ACTUATORS Dryver Huston1 , Brian Esser1 , and Michael Werner2 1 Mechanical Engineering... , VT 05495 ABSTRACT Mechanical actuators are integral parts of many ...

  

Source: Huston, Dryver R. - School of Engineering, University of Vermont

 

Collection: Engineering

 
15 An Electrothermally-Actuated, Dual-Mode Micromirror for Large Bi-Directional Scanning
 

Summary:  applied to actuator i REi Electrical resistance of actuator i at temperature iT R0i Resistance of actuator... 2 . i i R x Electrical Domain Thermal Domain 0-7803-8684-1/04/$20.00 ©2004 IEEE #12;actuators vary... An Electrothermally-Actuated, ...

  

Source: Bowers, John - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California at Santa Barbara

 

Collection: Engineering

 
16 Laparoscopic Telesurgical Workstation Murat Cenk Cavusoglua, Michael Cohnb, Frank Tendickc, S. Shankar Sastrya
 

Summary:  . Shankar Sastrya aDept. of Electrical Eng. and Computer Sci., Univ. of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA... are actuated by an external gross motion platform. The kinematics and the controller of the system are designed... techniques performed by the surgeon. Minimally invasive operations include laparoscopy abdominal cavity

  

Source: Cavusoglu, Cenk - Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Case Western Reserve University

 

Collection: Engineering ; Computer Technologies and Information Sciences

 
17 ELECTROTHERMAL SCS MICROMIRROR WITH LARGE-VERTICAL-DISPLACEMENT ACTUATION
 

Summary:  ELECTROTHERMAL SCS MICROMIRROR WITH LARGE-VERTICAL-DISPLACEMENT ACTUATION Ankur Jain, Hongwei Qu... , and Shane Todd Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611... -6200 Gary K. Fedder Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh

  

Source: Bowers, John - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California at Santa Barbara

 

Collection: Engineering

 
18 Stroke plane deviation for a microrobotic fly Benjamin M. Finio, Student Member, IEEE, John P. Whitney and Robert J. Wood, Member, IEEE
 

Summary:  of the HMF have experimented with this idea, using a single large piezo- electric actuator to flap the wings... to experimentally measure aerodynamic power, electrical power input to the actuators can be measured directly... energy density piezo- electric bending ...

  

Source: Wood, Robert - School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

 

Collection: Engineering

 
19 (2009.10.15-16, ) Copyright 2009
 

Summary:  M3-1 (2009.10.15-16, ) Copyright ©2009 Conversion efficiency of micro-plasma actuator for flow... -ku, Tokyo 113-8656 Micro-plasma actuator without any moving parts is promising for active flow control... . In the present study, we microfabricate its prototype and characterize its mechanical and electrical properties

  

Source: Kasagi, Nobuhide - Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tokyo

 

Collection: Engineering

 
20 Chandrasekaran and Lindner 1 Power Flow Through Controlled Piezoelectric Actuators
 

Summary:  charge coefficient of actuator, meter/volt Y33 Elastic modulus of actuator, Newton/meter2 D3 Electric... displacement or Polarization in actuator, Coulomb/meter2 E3 Electric field in actuator, Volt/meter T3... electrical impedance of controlled ...

  

Source: Lindner, Douglas K. - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech

 

Collection: Engineering


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21 POWER FLOW ANALYSIS OF ELECTROSTRICTIVE ACTUATORS DRIVEN BYSWITCHMODE AMPLIFIERS
 

Summary:  and delivered to the electrostrictor actuators. These actuators act a transducers converting the electrical... amplifier that takes the raw electrical power from the power bus and delivers it to the actuator in response... discussions as future work. Electrostrictor ...

  

Source: Lindner, Douglas K. - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech

 

Collection: Engineering

 
22 Performance And Control Of Proof-Mass Actuators Accounting For Stroke Saturation
 

Summary:  Performance And Control Of Proof-Mass Actuators Accounting For Stroke Saturation Douglas K. Lindner... Bradley Department of Electrical Engineering Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061 (540) 231-4580 Fax (540... ) 231-3362 EMAIL: Lindner@vt.edu Gregory A. Zvonar Bradley Department of Electrical Engineering Virginia

  

Source: Lindner, Douglas K. - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech

 

Collection: Engineering

 
23 The selection of mechanical actuators based on performance indices
 

Summary:  to their performances. (a) Piezoelectric actuators Piezoelectric materials strain when an external electric field e... The selection of mechanical actuators based on performance indices B y J. E. Huber, N. A. Fleck... , UK A method is presented for selecting the type of actuator best suited to a given task, in ...

  

Source: Fleck, Norman A. - Mechanics, Materials and Design Division, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge

 

Collection: Engineering ; Materials Science

 
24 Preprint of a paper which appeared in: International Conference on Advanced Intel-ligent Mechatronics, Zurich, Switzerland, 2007
 

Summary:  to a novel lightweight humanoid robot is outlined. One advantage of the actuator over electric motors lies... . The arrangement of the points of actuation has more freedom for the new actuator than for electric motors... the speed of Shape Memory Alloy Actuator´s by ...

  

Source: Stryk, Oskar von - Fachbereich Informatik, Technische Universität Darmstadt

 

Collection: Computer Technologies and Information Sciences

 
25 J. PPHYS. ZV FRANCE 7 (1997) Colloque C5, SupplBment au Journalde Physique I11de novembre 1997
 

Summary:  Actuator Array for Use in Minimally Invasive Surgery H. Fischer, R. Trapp, L. Schiileand B. Hoffmann... Abstract: For tactile-haptical feedback in minimally invasive surgery, a tactile actuator array consisting... of 8x8 actuators is being built. The system is combined with a tactile optical sensor system mounted

  

Source: Ecole Polytechnique, Centre de mathématiques

 

Collection: Mathematics

 
26 A novel energy-efficient rotational variable stiffness actuator Shodhan Rao, Raffaella Carloni and Stefano Stramigioli
 

Summary:  A novel energy-efficient rotational variable stiffness actuator Shodhan Rao, Raffaella Carloni... output angular position. This actuator is energy-efficient, meaning that the stiffness of the actuator... can be varied by keeping constant the internal stored energy of the actuator. The principle

  

Source: Twente, Universiteit, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

 

Collection: Engineering ; Computer Technologies and Information Sciences

 
27 Electromagnetic actuator to reduce vibration sources Thibaut Chailloux*
 

Summary:  Electromagnetic actuator to reduce vibration sources Thibaut Chailloux* , L. Morel* , F. Sixdenier... ), hydraulic or pneumatic actuators, electromagnetic actuators [1], piezoelectric actuators. As part of a study... to compensate a vibration on an aircraft engine for which an electromagnetic ...

  

Source: Ecole Polytechnique, Centre de mathématiques

 

Collection: Mathematics

 
28 Abstract--New actuators are greatly demanded today in order to develop magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-
 

Summary:  ) rest condition; (b) electrically contracted condition. Silicone made prototypes of folded actuator have... for different electric fields) with the control image (without the actuator in the MRI scanner) was used... -85, 1998. [6] R. Pelrine, R. Kornbluh, Q. Pei and J. Joseph, "High-speed ...

  

Source: Mavroidis, Constantinos - Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University

 

Collection: Engineering

 
29 Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics & Automation
 

Summary:  lower than the other alternatives. A 7mm in diameter actuator [6] is designed by using piezo electric... · July 2005 0-7803-9044-X/05/$20.00 © 2005 IEEE Design and Characterization of a Novel Hybrid Actuator... Chowdhary Kode, M Cenk Cavusoglu and Massood Tabib Azar Department of Electrical Engineering and ...

  

Source: Cavusoglu, Cenk - Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Case Western Reserve University

 

Collection: Engineering ; Computer Technologies and Information Sciences

 
30 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Analysis of Wing Morphing via Frame Buckling
 

Summary:  approach are used to deduce a closed-form relationship between actuator force and displacement, by firstly... assuming an ideal actuator. Subsequently, the flexibility of the actuator is incorporated via a lumped... parameter model to account for actuator-structure interaction. The single element ...

  

Source: Anasavarapu, Srikantha Phani - Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia

 

Collection: Engineering

 
31 A novel low-profile shape memory alloy torsional actuator This article has been downloaded from IOPscience. Please scroll down to see the full text article.
 

Summary:  of the electric current path through the electrodes while minimizing the overall actuator size subject... as shown in figures 4(b) and (c) to fix the actuators provides better electrical connections and flush... actuation method is using the actuator body as the ...

  

Source: Wood, Robert - School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

 

Collection: Engineering

 
32 Abstract The Matrix Vasoconstriction Device (MVD) is a scalable mechanism than can control the fluid flow through a vascular network
 

Summary:  the mechanical, electric and fluidic inputs/outputs to the actuators. The mechanical connections transfer... on the volumetric flow rate. Fig. 7 shows the MVD wet actuator array assembly and an equivalent electrical circuit... 2D1C2C1B4B3A4A3B2B1A2 Fig. 7 MVD wet SMA actuator array and ...

  

Source: Mascaro, Stephen A. - Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah

 

Collection: Engineering

 
33 EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES: 2008 --present Assistant Professor Arizona State University
 

Summary:  University School of Earth and Space Exploration School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering 2005... .D. in Electrical Engineering University of Southern California 1997 ­ 2000 M.S. in Electronics Engineering Tsinghua... and self focused acoustic actuators for gene therapy and drug delivery. TEACHING EXPRERIENCES AND ...

  

Source: Rhoads, James - Space Telescope Science Institute

 

Collection: Physics

 
34 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, VOL. 37, NO. 2, MARCH 2001 949 Track Seek Control for Hard Disk Dual-Stage Servo
 

Summary:  and suggestions. REFERENCES [1] K. Mori et al., "A dual-stage magnetic disk drive actuator using a piezo- electric... developed. The controller is applied to the dual-stage system with a push-pull piezoelectric (PZT) micro-actuator... overshoot in re- sponse of VCM actuator; 2) a feedforward loop from the ...

  

Source: Horowitz, Roberto - Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley

 

Collection: Engineering

 
35 Programmable Springs: Developing Compliant Actuators for Autonomous Robots
 

Summary:  stiffness to complete compliance or zero impedance. We will outline our design for an electric actuator... Programmable Springs: Developing Compliant Actuators for Autonomous Robots Bill Bigge Inman R... 23, inmanh}@sussex.ac.uk Abstract Conventional approaches to actuation and motion control

  

Source: Sussex, University of - Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics

 

Collection: Engineering ; Computer Technologies and Information Sciences

 
36 Dynamic Exercise Imaging With an MR-Compatible Stationary Cycle Within the General Electric Open
 

Summary:  Dynamic Exercise Imaging With an MR-Compatible Stationary Cycle Within the General Electric Open... - limb exercise in a General Electric Signa SP 0.5 T open magnet. The cycle demonstrated smooth cycling... of the abdominal aorta at rest and during exercise. An exercise work- load of 47.9 W was achieved. His heart rate

  

Source: Taylor, Charles A. - Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University

 

Collection: Biology and Medicine

 
37 656 JOURNAL OF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS, VOL. 12, NO. 5, OCTOBER 2003 Charge Control of Parallel-Plate, Electrostatic
 

Summary:  . The authors are with the Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center, De- partment of Electrical Engineering... is (8) However, the actuator is not the only component of potential energy. The electrical source... electrodes surrounding the actuator's fixed electrode shown in Fig. 12. These are ...

  

Source: Boser, Bernhard E. - Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California at Berkeley

 

Collection: Engineering

 
38 MICRO ELECTROSTRICTIVE ACTUATOR WITH METAL COMPLIANT ELECTRODES FOR FLOW CONTROL APPLICATIONS
 

Summary:  the out-of-plane deformation of the actuators with 45µm-wide electrodes. With increasing the electric... the vertical axis is the deformation at an electric field of 50V/µm. For both sets of actuators having 45µm... MICRO ELECTROSTRICTIVE ACTUATOR WITH METAL COMPLIANT ELECTRODES FOR ...

  

Source: Kasagi, Nobuhide - Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tokyo

 

Collection: Engineering

 
39 Three-dimensional effects of curved plasma actuators in quiescent air Chin-Cheng Wang, Ryan Durscher, and Subrata Roya)
 

Summary:  and serpentine actuators are much larger than the linear case. This is a result of the con- centrated electric... Three-dimensional effects of curved plasma actuators in quiescent air Chin-Cheng Wang, Ryan... ) This paper presents results on a new class of curved plasma actuators for the inducement of three

  

Source: Roy, Subrata - Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida

 

Collection: Plasma Physics and Fusion ; Physics

 
40 MEMS Deformable Mirrors for Astronomical Adaptive Optics S.A. Cornelissen1
 

Summary:  consists of actuator electrodes underneath a double cantilever flexure, the actuator, which is electrically... actuators that were either not-responsive, coupled electrically to other actuators, or did not achieve... electrical short to ground ...

  

Source: Bifano, Thomas - Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Boston University

 

Collection: Engineering


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41 Pneumatic actuators for serpentine robot G. Granosik1
 

Summary:  electric motors, and it included only select types of pneumatic actuators. To supplement this data, we... parameters of different actuators (reproduced from [5]) Drive type Performance compared Electric Hydraulic... is related to the actuator's density. Also, hydraulics also becomes less ...

  

Source: Borenstein, Johann - Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan

 

Collection: Engineering

 
42 Magnetic Shape Memory Alloy and Actuator J. Y. Gauthier, A. Hubert, J. Abadie, N. Chaillet
 

Summary:  field, the actuation can be obtained without contact. Electrical wires could be removed in favour... Magnetic Shape Memory Alloy and Actuator Design J. Y. Gauthier, A. Hubert, J. Abadie, N. Chaillet... and distributed actuation. In this area, Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys (MSMA) are possible candidates. If a ...

  

Source: Ecole Polytechnique, Centre de mathématiques

 

Collection: Mathematics

 
43 Author's personal copy Sensors and Actuators A 153 (2009) 127130
 

Summary:  Author's personal copy Sensors and Actuators A 153 (2009) 127­130 Contents lists available... at ScienceDirect Sensors and Actuators A: Physical journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/sna Letter... to the Editor Design of MEMS vertical­horizontal chevron thermal actuators a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: MEMS

  

Source: Hamoui, Anas - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University

 

Collection: Engineering

 
44 Design and Control of Vast DOF Wet SMAArray Actuators Stephen Mascaro, Kyu-Jin Cho, and Harry Asada
 

Summary:  axial torque and electricity. B. Wet Shape Memory Alloy Actuators NiTi SMA wires have extremely high... actuator is determined by the output mechanical power to the input electric power needed for phase... fluid. Without converting electric energy to heat, which is a low efficiency ...

  

Source: Mascaro, Stephen A. - Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah

 

Collection: Engineering

 
45 Interactive Poster: Virtual Preoperative Laparoscopic Camera -Visualization and Modeling System
 

Summary:  , California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science... an invaluable tool for diagnosing abdominal pathology in patients [1]. However, it still requires the insertion... of surgical instruments in to the abdominal cavity and subsequently carries the morbid- ity of pain and ...

  

Source: Zhukov, Leonid - University Higher School of Economics, Moscow

 

Collection: Computer Technologies and Information Sciences

 
46 IEEE/ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS, VOL. 12, NO. 4, AUGUST 2007 455 Design and Characterization of a Novel Hybrid
 

Summary:  of stroke produced by piezo- electric actuators is significantly lower than that produced by the other... , the outer casing of the actuator is fabricated from Celazol, which is an electrical and thermal insulator... , "Design of piezo- electric inchworm actuator and ...

  

Source: Cavusoglu, Cenk - Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Case Western Reserve University

 

Collection: Engineering ; Computer Technologies and Information Sciences

 
47 Abstract--This paper presents the design of an array composed of 5 5 digital electromagnetic actuators which each
 

Summary:  actuators which each one having four discrete positions and two orthogonal displacement axes. This work... is composed of two parts: firstly, the elementary digital actuator is defined using the experience... interactions between the elementary actuators. I. INTRODUCTION ECHANICAL and mechatronic systems are becoming

  

Source: Ecole Polytechnique, Centre de mathématiques

 

Collection: Mathematics

 
48 Sensors and Actuators B 157 (2011) 7284 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect
 

Summary:  they are electrically actuated, there is a wide lit- erature on improving the electrical characteristics of the metallic... response, time constant, electrical power energy consumption and mechanical work output of the actuator... of the experimental setup used to stimulate the ...

  

Source: Dalang, Robert C. - Section de Mathématiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

 

Collection: Mathematics

 
49 Controlled actuation of Nafion-based Ionic Polymer-metal Composites (IPMCs) with Ethylene Glycol as Solvent
 

Summary:  are electroactive materials that can be used as actuators and sensors. Their electrical-chemical-mechanical response... . The electric potential inputs may be used to control the actuation of IPMCs. We present the results of a series... of tests on Nafion-based IPMCs with ethylene glycol as solvent, ...

  

Source: Krstic, Miroslav - Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California at San Diego

 

Collection: Engineering

 
50 Sixth International Conference on Adaptive Structures, C. A Rogers, J. Tani, and E.J. Breitbach ( Eds.), Technomic Pub. Co., Jan. 1996.
 

Summary:  , and magnetostrictive actuator vendors has been undertaken to establish the mechanical and electrical operating... . In such situations, an electro-mechanical actuation that directly converts electrical energy into mechanical energy... is preferred. Conventional electro- mechanical ...

  

Source: Giurgiutiu, Victor - Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina

 

Collection: Engineering

 
51 J.D. Brown et. al. In-Vivo and In-Situ Compressive Properties of Porcine Abdominal Soft Tissues Studies in Health Technology and Informatics -Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Newport Beach, CA, January 2003
 

Summary:  a voice-coil actuated grasper.[11] This instrument was used to test several porcine abdominal tissues in... J.D. Brown et. al. In-Vivo and In-Situ Compressive Properties of Porcine Abdominal Soft Tissues... 2003 In-Vivo and In-Situ Compressive Properties of Porcine Abdominal Soft Tissues Jeffrey D. BROWNa

  

Source: Rosen, Jacob - Department of Computer Engineering, University of California at Santa Cruz

 

Collection: Engineering

 
52 Towards Middleware Components for Distributed Actuator Coordination Joel W. Branch and Boleslaw Szymanski
 

Summary:  Towards Middleware Components for Distributed Actuator Coordination Joel W. Branch and Boleslaw... presence and availability of sensor and actuator networks creates the potential for widely distrib- uted... will be required to facilitate their composition and operation, especially as they relate to distributed actuator

  

Source: Cohen, Norman H. - IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

 

Collection: Computer Technologies and Information Sciences

 
53 Towards Middleware Components for Distributed Actuator Coordination Joel W. Branch and Boleslaw Szymanski
 

Summary:  Towards Middleware Components for Distributed Actuator Coordination Joel W. Branch and Boleslaw... presence and availability of sensor and actuator networks creates the potential for widely distrib- uted... will be required to facilitate their composition and operation, especially as they relate to distributed actuator

  

Source: Varela, Carlos - Department of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

 

Collection: Computer Technologies and Information Sciences

 
54 Optimal energy density piezoelectric twisting actuators Benjamin M. Finio and Robert J. Wood
 

Summary:  - electric bending actuators," Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, vol. A 119, pp. 476­488, 2005. [4] A. Dogan... Optimal energy density piezoelectric twisting actuators Benjamin M. Finio and Robert J. Wood... Abstract-- The use of piezoelectric materials as actuators or sensors is ...

  

Source: Wood, Robert - School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

 

Collection: Engineering

 
55 Polysilicon Vertical Actuator Powered with Waste Heat
 

Summary:  actuators require an electric current to generate heat by Joule effect and obtain motion via thermal... to the actuator by solid thermal conduction mainly. To do so, an electrical circuit was formed across the anchor... introduced. As an alternative to the electrically driven thermal ...

  

Source: Hamoui, Anas - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University

 

Collection: Engineering

 
56 Actuators and Smart Structures.doc 1 9/28/2000 (Last modified September 28, 2000)
 

Summary:  AND ENERGY EXTRACTION FROM INDUCED STRAIN ACTUATORS............................ 30 5.5 ELECTRICAL INPUT POWER... actuators, which are base on the change of volume that takes place during electrically-controlled chemical... the blade rotation. At present, electro-mechanical actuation that ...

  

Source: Giurgiutiu, Victor - Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina

 

Collection: Engineering

 
57 Proceedings of the euspen International Conference Delft -June 2010 Modal actuation for high speed piezoelectric positioning
 

Summary:  Proceedings of the euspen International Conference ­ Delft - June 2010 Modal actuation for high... of feedback controlled piezoelectrically actuated positioning systems are resonant modes that are close... actuation. In this approach the electrodes of the piezoelectric actuator are modified in such a way

  

Source: Van den Hof, Paul - Delft Center for Systems and Control, Technische Universiteit Delft

 

Collection: Engineering

 
58 Electrolysis-based Parylene Balloon Actuators for Movable Neural Probes
 

Summary:  ]. The Electrolysis-based parylene balloon actuators described in this paper require modest electrical power... Electrolysis-based Parylene Balloon Actuators for Movable Neural Probes Changlin Pang1 , Yu... a novel electrolysis-based parylene balloon actuator fabricated with MEMS technology. The ...

  

Source: Andersen, Richard - Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology

 

Collection: Biology and Medicine

 
59 Sensors and Actuators A 125 (2006) 178185 Effects of corner frequency on bandwidth and resonance
 

Summary:  appears. As a result, electrical response of the piezoelectric actuator can be modeled through... frequency and hence a smaller electrical bandwidth. Third, the electrical circuit of PZT thin-film actuators... frequency and the electrical frequency bandwidth. For the ...

  

Source: Cao, Guozhong - Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of Washington at Seattle

 

Collection: Materials Science

 
60 EFFECT OF FEEDBACK CONTROL ON THE POWER CONSUMPTION OF INDUCED-STRAIN ACTUATORS
 

Summary:  than suggested by the real electrical/mechanical power requirements of the actuator. The amplifier must... ] that show that the electrical power at the actuator terminals has a negative real component, which indicate... that the actuator feeds electrical power back to ...

  

Source: Lindner, Douglas K. - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech

 

Collection: Engineering


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61 On the actuation of process systems A.E.M. Huesman
 

Summary:  On the actuation of process systems A.E.M. Huesman P.M.J. Van den Hof A.I. Stankiewicz Delft... Delft, The Netherlands (e-mail: a.i.stankiewicz.tudelft.nl) Abstract: This paper argues that actuation... . It is explained that actuation relies on driving forces which links it to irreversible thermodynamics

  

Source: Van den Hof, Paul - Delft Center for Systems and Control, Technische Universiteit Delft

 

Collection: Engineering

 
62 Fatigue Life and Frequency Response of Braided Pneumatic Actuators Daniel A. Kingsley and Roger D. Quinn
 

Summary:  Fatigue Life and Frequency Response of Braided Pneumatic Actuators Daniel A. Kingsley and Roger D... . Quinn Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 44106 Abstract Although braided pneumatic actuators... to their relatively short fatigue lives. By improving manufacturing techniques, actuator lifetime was extended

  

Source: Case Western Reserve University, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Biologically Inspired Robotics Lab

 

Collection: Engineering

 
63 NOVEL VOLTAGE CONTROLLED SPATIAL MODULATION METHOD FOR DIGITAL MICROSHUTTER DISPLAY WITH HIGH PERFORMANCE
 

Summary:  -microshutters are actuated with the same time because of the same characteristics and electrical connections. The actuation... PERFORMANCE K.-H. Lee1* , D.-H. Kim1 , J.-H. Chang2 , and J.-B. Yoon1 1 Division of Electrical Engineering... , School of Electrical Engineering & Computer ...

  

Source: Yoon, Jun-Bo - Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

 

Collection: Engineering ; Materials Science

 
64 LPR: A Light Puncture Robot for CT and MRI Interventions I. Bricault1,2
 

Summary:  .Bricault@imag.fr Abstract This paper presents a new robotic architecture designed to perform abdominal and thoracic... to patients. This has motivated our research for the development of a new lightweight robot for abdominal... . It is entirely made of plastic, and uses MR-compatible pneumatic actuators ...

  

Source: Ecole Polytechnique, Centre de mathématiques

 

Collection: Mathematics

 
65 POWER SYSTEM DESIGN ISSUES FOR SMART Douglas K. Lindner and Sriram Chandrasekaran
 

Summary:  loads require a significant amount of electrical energy to be cycled between the actuator and amplifier... . An electric field applied opposite to the poling direction of the top actuator and along that of the bottom... by the actuators due to the applied electric ...

  

Source: Lindner, Douglas K. - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech

 

Collection: Engineering

 
66 c Yingfeng Shan, 2008 All Rights Reserved
 

Summary:  as the polar solvent to induce actuation upon the application of an electric field (voltage). The following... CONTROL OF IONIC POLYMER-METAL COMPOSITE ACTUATORS A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment... for Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Chapter 3: Review of Control Methods for IPMC Actuators ...

  

Source: Leang, Kam K. - Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno

 

Collection: Engineering

 
67 Improved piezoelectric actuators for use in high-speed pulsed valves David L. Proctor, Daniel R. Albert, and H. Floyd Davis
 

Summary:  pressures for a given backing pressure and pulse rate. By electrically isolating the actuator assembly... , which provide a bolt circle for mounting the actuator to the valve Fig. 1 . A lead is electrically... increased secondary pulsing. For the single piezo actuator ...

  

Source: Davis, H. Floyd - Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University

 

Collection: Chemistry

 
68 NONLINEAR CONTROL OF A PROOF-MASS ACTUATOR Douglas K. Lindner, Gregory A. Zvonar, and Dusan Borojevic
 

Summary:  NONLINEAR CONTROL OF A PROOF-MASS ACTUATOR Douglas K. Lindner, Gregory A. Zvonar, and Dusan... Borojevic Bradley Department of Electrical Engineering Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061-0111 (540) 231... - 470. Abstract A proof-mass actuator is an actuator for structural control that accelerates a proof

  

Source: Lindner, Douglas K. - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech

 

Collection: Engineering

 
69 728 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION, VOL. 15, NO. 4, AUGUST 1999 A Laparoscopic Telesurgical Workstation
 

Summary:  . C. ¸Cavu¸soglu and S. S. Sastry are with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer... dexterity and perception. In laparoscopic surgery, the abdominal cavity, which is expanded by pumping carbon... feedback is reduced due to the friction at the air tight trocar and the stiffness of the inflated abdominal

  

Source: Cavusoglu, Cenk - Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Case Western Reserve University

 

Collection: Engineering ; Computer Technologies and Information Sciences

 
70 High-speed and bi-stable electrolysis-bubble actuated planar micro gate valves are demonstrated in this paper.
 

Summary:  SUMMARY High-speed and bi-stable electrolysis-bubble actuated planar micro gate valves... to physically remove the bubble from the actuation chamber allowing operation as fast as 3 Hz while requiring... as little as 112µJ per actuation. Buckling beams are used to suspend valves that have been shown

  

Source: Liepmann, Dorian - Department of Bioengineering, University of California at Berkeley

 

Collection: Engineering

 
71 Microelectromechanical spatial light modulators with integrated electronics
 

Summary:  pixels in the proposed j.tSLM. Hectrostthcally Mirror Segment Actuated Diaphragm \ At adiment Post CMOS... register integrated beneath a parallel-plate electrostatic actuator. The actuation electrode... will be divided into concentric rings connected electrically to the underlying CMOS driver. Each ring will ...

  

Source: Bifano, Thomas - Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Boston University

 

Collection: Engineering

 
72 Chandrasekaran, Lindner, Smith 1 Optimized Design of Switching Amplifiers
 

Summary:  Actuators Sriram Chandrasekaran and Douglas K. Lindner Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer... /meter2 D3 Electric displacement or Polarization in actuator, Coulomb/meter2 E3 Electric field in actuator... , C/m2 a Scaling electric field of ...

  

Source: Lindner, Douglas K. - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech

 

Collection: Engineering

 
73 MECHATRONICS ASPECTS OF SMART MATERIALS INDUCED STRAIN ACTUATION Victor Giurgiutiu
 

Summary:  -material actuators replacing the conventional hydraulic cylinders or electric motors (Dadone, 1995; Straub, 1995... #1 Electric Signal Servo-valve Figure 2 Schematic operation of a hydraulic actuator under servo... Actuation Active materials exhibit induced-strain under the action of an ...

  

Source: Giurgiutiu, Victor - Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina

 

Collection: Engineering

 
74 IEEE Robotics & Automation MagazineDECEMBER 2010 1070-9932/10/$26.002010 IEEE 1 Characterization of
 

Summary:  these limitations. Each unit cell of the actuator is small and light. It is activated by electrical current. Unit... in size. Each actuator has six cells that are electrically connected in series [Figure 4(b... for characterization have six unit cells connected electrically in series and ...

  

Source: Wood, Robert - School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

 

Collection: Engineering

 
75 Summer 2011 INTRODUCTION TO SENSORS AND ACTUATORS
 

Summary:  : 38614 Course: 4400:598-381, ST: Electrical Engineering ­ Seminar: Introduction to Sensors and Actuators... electrical or electromechanical system includes sensors as inputs and actuators as outputs. These may... Summer 2011 INTRODUCTION TO SENSORS AND ACTUATORS This course is an ...

  

Source: Ida, Nathan - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Akron

 

Collection: Engineering

 
76 LOW VOLTAGE AND PULL-IN STATE ADJUSTABLE DUAL-SERVO-SCANNING-MIRROR
 

Summary:  and electrostatic actuator individually, one can increase the scanning-angle of the mirror. INTRODUCTION... of the constraints on the geometry associated with mirrors and electrostatic actuators, it is still challenging... -servo mirror is shown in Figure (1). The thermal and the electrostatic actuators are connected to the ...

  

Source: Boehringer, Karl F.- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington at Seattle

 

Collection: Engineering

 
77 Pulse Wave Imaging in Murine Abdominal Aortas A Feasibility Study
 

Summary:  Pulse Wave Imaging in Murine Abdominal Aortas A Feasibility Study Kana Fujikura,Jianwen Luo... , New York, USA kf2113@columbia.edu Abstract--One of the most crucial aspects of abdominal aortic... model. Twelve wild-type (WT) mice were anesthetized, and underwent laparotomy. The abdominal aortas

  

Source: Konofagou, Elisa E. - Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University

 

Collection: Engineering ; Biology and Medicine

 
78 A scalable model for trilayer conjugated polymer actuators and its experimental validation
 

Summary:  in the PVDF layer enables the actuator to work in air for several hours. 3.2. Electrical measurement... and processing. A trilayer actuator is clamped on one end, where electrical con- tacts are made using copper... , Baumer Electric) with resolution of 5 m is used to measure the bending ...

  

Source: Tan, Xiaobo - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan State University

 

Collection: Materials Science ; Engineering

 
79 Dynamometer Power Output Measurements of Piezoelectric Actuators E. Steltz and R.S. Fearing
 

Summary:  This work was supported by NSF IIS-0412541 when it is simultaneously actuated via an electric field... Dynamometer Power Output Measurements of Piezoelectric Actuators E. Steltz and R.S. Fearing... -- Piezoelectric bending actuators are an attractive option for driving microrobots due to their light weight

  

Source: Fearing, Ron - Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California at Berkeley

 

Collection: Engineering

 
80 High Performance Differential Elastic Actuator for Robotic Interaction Michel Lauria, Marc-Antoine Legault, Marc-Andr Lavoie, Franois Michaud
 

Summary:  High Performance Differential Elastic Actuator for Robotic Interaction Tasks Michel Lauria, Marc... and Intelligent Systems Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering Université de Sherbrooke... interaction with its environment begins with the use of actuators specially designed for that purpose

  

Source: Sherbrooke, Université de - Département de génie électrique et de génie informatique, LABORIUS

 

Collection: Engineering


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81 Author's personal copy Broadband flow-induced sound control using plasma actuators
 

Summary:  actuators Driving signal at fp GroundGround GroundGround y1 Induced speed Electric field Dielectric material... Author's personal copy Broadband flow-induced sound control using plasma actuators Xun Huang a... Editor: L.G. Tham Available online 9 February 2010 a b s t r a c t Plasma actuators were used

  

Source: Huang, Xun - Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering, Peking University

 

Collection: Engineering

 
82 Introduction to Sensors and Actuator, Chapter 1 N. Ida, 2005, 2010 Introduction to Sensors and Actuators
 

Summary:  ed., 1999) Transforms electrical signal? ­ I don't think so. Actuator A mechanism for moving... or an actuator. For example, the loudspeaker is clearly an actuator ­ it converts electrical energy into acoustic... is from acoustic to electrical). And this duality is ...

  

Source: Ida, Nathan - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Akron

 

Collection: Engineering

 
83 IOP PUBLISHING SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES Smart Mater. Struct. 18 (2009) 065012 (8pp) doi:10.1088/0964-1726/18/6/065012
 

Summary:  structures can therefore be designed by the installation of linear displacement actuators within the truss... mechanisms. Examples of actuated structures with either linear or planar shapes are presented... -way shape memory wire actuators in antagonistic configurations that permit reversible actuated ...

  

Source: Wadley, Haydn - Intelligent Processing of Materials Laboratory & Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia

 

Collection: Materials Science

 
84 28 June 03 July 2009, Krakow, Poland * Corresponding author: S.Okochi
 

Summary:  SETUP Design and fabrication of micro plasma actuator by MEMS The electrical and mechanical... ACTUATOR FOR ACTIVE FLOW CONTROL S. Okochi* , N. Kasagi, Y. Suzuki, S. Ito Department of Mechanical... of mm-size plasma actuators through MEMS process. The flow induced by three differently sized ...

  

Source: Kasagi, Nobuhide - Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tokyo

 

Collection: Engineering

 
85 Combined Optimization of Active Structural Systems and Drive Circuits
 

Summary:  optimization of electrically driven Recurve actuators. The drive circuit is based on a half- bridge switching... . Optimization results show clear interrelations between the design of the electric circuit and the actuator... for the additional inertia and stiffness of the piezoelectric ...

  

Source: Lindner, Douglas K. - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech

 

Collection: Engineering

 
86 A Real-Time Communication Framework for Wireless Sensor-Actuator Networks
 

Summary:  1 A Real-Time Communication Framework for Wireless Sensor-Actuator Networks Abstract... --Wireless sensor-actuator network (WSAN) comprises of a group of distributed sensors and actuators that communicate... , and communication capabilities responsible for observing the physical world. On the other hand, ...

  

Source: Ngai, Edith Cheuk-Han - Institutionen för Informationsvetenskap, Uppsala Universitet

 

Collection: Computer Technologies and Information Sciences ; Engineering

 
87 370 IEEE/ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS, VOL. 13, NO. 3, JUNE 2008 Short Papers
 

Summary:  (usually of the order of 10­100 V/µm). The electric field drives the DE actuation according to a simple... of the actuator inside and outside the 3-T MRI scanner: active stress versus electric field diagrams. Fig. 5... . Sinusoidal driving of the actuator inside and outside the 3-T MRI ...

  

Source: Mavroidis, Constantinos - Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University

 

Collection: Engineering

 
88 Verification of Micromechanical Models of Actuation of Ionic Polymer-metal Composites (IPMCs)
 

Summary:  , and their actuation responses to various electric stimuli are investigated. Results show that for Nafion-based IPMCs... actuation.8 The application of electric potential causes the redistribution of Na+ cations within... Verification of Micromechanical Models of Actuation of Ionic ...

  

Source: Krstic, Miroslav - Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California at San Diego

 

Collection: Engineering

 
89 Control of Scalable Wet SMA Actuator Arrays Leslie Flemming
 

Summary:  and extended by using combinations of electrical and fluidic power. These wet SMA actuators are capable of 200... Control of Scalable Wet SMA Actuator Arrays Leslie Flemming North Dakota State University... @mech.utah.edu Abstract - This paper presents a new control method to drive an array of wet Shape Memory Alloy ...

  

Source: Mascaro, Stephen A. - Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah

 

Collection: Engineering

 
90 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Geometry Effects of Dielectric Barrier Discharge on a Flat Surface
 

Summary:  32611-6300 We present four different shapes of dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) actuators... flow code. We numerically test these actuators in quiescent air. Numerical results show plasma force... -dimensional (triangular, serpentine, and square) actuators produce much strong flow mixing downstream of the ...

  

Source: Roy, Subrata - Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida

 

Collection: Plasma Physics and Fusion ; Physics

 
91 Temperature Increase Estimates for Transabdominal Obstetrical Exposures William D. O'Brien.Jr.
 

Summary:  'Brien.Jr. Bioacoustics Research Laboratory, Departmentof Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois, 405... increase profiles and maximum temperature increases were determined within the anterior abdominal wall... obstetricalex- posure condition wherein the sound path traversed the anterior abdominal wall,the ...

  

Source: Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of - Bioacoustics Research Laboratory

 

Collection: Engineering ; Biology and Medicine

 
92 1 Copyright 2002 by ASME Proceedings of IMECE'02
 

Summary:  RIFLE USING RECURVE ACTUATORS Douglas K. Lindner Huiyu Zhu Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer... such that the system has an acceptable lifetime. Third, they must deliver the electrical energy to the actuator... is connected to the amplifier that delivers electrical energy to ...

  

Source: Lindner, Douglas K. - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech

 

Collection: Engineering

 
93 An Analytical Electrothermal Model of a 1-D Electrothermal MEMS Micromirror
 

Summary:  and convection and the temperature dependence of the actuator electrical resistor. The temperature distribution... with low voltages compared to other types of actuation [1]. An electrothermal actuator uses an electrical... ° at room temperature and the room temperature ...

  

Source: Bowers, John - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California at Santa Barbara

 

Collection: Engineering

 
94 aeroacoustics volume 9 number 4 & 5 2010 pages 679704 679 Plasma actuators for noise control
 

Summary:  of heat during an electric arc. The recent invention of glow discharge plasma actuators by Roth (1998... discharge plasma actuators can be maintained in a favorable state by a properly assigned electric force... actuators. #12;A sufficiently high electric field is ...

  

Source: Huang, Xun - Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering, Peking University

 

Collection: Engineering

 
95 Sensors and Actuators A 122 (2005) 915 A thermal bimorph micromirror with large bi-directional
 

Summary:  -directional and vertical actuation Ankur Jain, Hongwei Qu, Shane Todd, Huikai Xie Department of Electrical and Computer... Sensors and Actuators A 122 (2005) 9­15 A thermal bimorph micromirror with large bi... . The bimorph actuation structure is composed of aluminum and silicon dioxide with an embedded ...

  

Source: Bowers, John - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California at Santa Barbara

 

Collection: Engineering

 
96 Design of an Active Noise Control System using Plasma Actuators
 

Summary:  actuator. 3 #12;Control method design Cavity flow field Enable PWM Sensors Matlab Simulink Electrical... Design of an Active Noise Control System using Plasma Actuators Xun Huang, Sammie Chan, Xin Zhang... and performance of atmospheric glow discharge plasma actuators [1, 2] applied to aeroacoustics is ...

  

Source: Huang, Xun - Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering, Peking University

 

Collection: Engineering

 
97 Surgical Applications of Milli-Robots. Michael B. Cohny
 

Summary:  snare for the endoscope, several rotary actuator designs for endoscopic tools, and a prototype endo... ://robotics.eecs.berkeley.edu/research/medical/ on the World Wide Web. yDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences zGraduate Group... . : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 6 2 Rotary screw actuator. ...

  

Source: Wendlandt, Jeff - Robotics and Intelligent Machines Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California at Berkeley

 

Collection: Engineering

 
98 MECH 555: Fundamentals of Microelectromechanical Instructor: Boris Stoeber
 

Summary:  Standard MEMS processes Electrical and mechanical concepts Electrostatic actuators and sensor (acceleration... , pressure, microphone) Thermal actuation: bimorphs and planar actuators Thermo-electric effects... , accelerometers, pressure sensors Piezoelectric effect, materials, ...

  

Source: 

 

Collection: Engineering

 
99 Experimental Investigation of Lift Enhancement and Roll Control Using Plasma Actuators
 

Summary:  by a high-amplitude ac voltage, the electrical discharge formed on the surface of the plasma actuator... Experimental Investigation of Lift Enhancement and Roll Control Using Plasma Actuators Alexander N... .2514/1.34659 An experimental investigation into the use of trailing-edge-mounted plasma actuators for ...

  

Source: Jumper, Eric - Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame

 

Collection: Engineering

 
100 INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS PUBLISHING JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING J. Micromech. Microeng. 15 (2005) S153S164 doi:10.1088/0960-1317/15/7/022
 

Summary:  . Microeng. 15 (2005) S153­S164 doi:10.1088/0960-1317/15/7/022 MEMS actuators and sensors: observations... in comparing the performance of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) actuators and sensors as a function... characteristics of actuators, force sensors and displacement sensors. On-chip and off-chip ...

  

Source: Fleck, Norman A. - Mechanics, Materials and Design Division, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge

 

Collection: Engineering ; Materials Science


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