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Towards High Turndown Ratio Shape Memory Alloy-Driven Morphing Radiators

Patrick Walgren, Othmane Benafan, Lisa Erickson, Darren Hartl
Proc. ASME. SMASIS2018, Volume 2: Mechanics and Behavior of Active Materials; Structural Health Monitoring; Bioinspired Smart Materials and Systems; Energy Harvesting; Emerging Technologies, V002T02A009, September 10–12, 2018
Paper No: SMASIS2018-8091
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/SMASIS2018-8091
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Topics: Alloys, Shapes, Heat, Temperature, Control systems, Engineering prototypes, Active materials, Actuators, Computer simulation, Design
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Engineering Design Tools for Shape Memory Alloy Actuators: CASMART Collaborative Best Practices and Case Studies

Robert W. Wheeler, Othmane Benafan, Xiujie Gao, Frederick T. Calkins, Zahra Ghanbari, Garrison Hommer, Dimitris Lagoudas, Andrew Petersen, Jennifer M. Pless, Aaron P. Stebner, Travis L. Turner
Proc. ASME. SMASIS2016, Volume 1: Multifunctional Materials; Mechanics and Behavior of Active Materials; Integrated System Design and Implementation; Structural Health Monitoring, V001T04A010, September 28–30, 2016
Paper No: SMASIS2016-9183
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/SMASIS2016-9183
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Topics: Actuators, Engineering design, Shape memory alloys, Design, Modeling, Stress, Solar cell arrays, Deformation, Engineering models, Engineering prototypes
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Heating and Loading Paths to Optimize the Performance of Trained Shape Memory Alloy Torsional Actuators

Douglas E. Nicholson, Micheal A. Bass, James H. Mabe, Othmane Benafan, Santo A. Padula, II, Raj Vaidyanathan
Proc. ASME. SMASIS2016, Volume 1: Multifunctional Materials; Mechanics and Behavior of Active Materials; Integrated System Design and Implementation; Structural Health Monitoring, V001T02A008, September 28–30, 2016
Paper No: SMASIS2016-9185
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/SMASIS2016-9185
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Topics: Actuators, Heating, Shape memory alloys, Stress, Texture (Materials), Deformation, Design, Manufacturing, Neutron diffraction, Nickel titanium alloys
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Shape Memory Alloy Actuator Design: CASMART Collaborative Best Practices

Othmane Benafan, Jeff Brown, F. Tad Calkins, Parikshith Kumar, Aaron Stebner, Travis Turner, Raj Vaidyanathan, John Webster, Marcus L. Young
Proc. ASME. SMASIS2011, ASME 2011 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, Volume 1, 493-503, September 18–21, 2011
Paper No: SMASIS2011-5237
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/SMASIS2011-5237
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Topics: Actuators, Design, Shape memory alloys, Engineers, Alloys, Manufacturing, Modeling, Optimization, Testing
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A Shape Memory Alloy Controlled Heat Pipe Based Thermal Switch

Othmane Benafan, Raj Vaidyanathan
Proc. ASME. IMECE2009, Volume 11: Mechanics of Solids, Structures and Fluids, 107-109, November 13–19, 2009
Paper No: IMECE2009-11735
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2009-11735
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Topics: Heat pipes, Shape memory alloys, Switches, Heat transfer, Design, Shapes, Temperature, Testing, Actuators, Flow (Dynamics)