Type
Text
Type
Thesis
Advisor
Ge, Q. Jeffrey | Zhou, Yu | Purwar, Anurag.
Date
2013-12-01
Keywords
Configuration Memory, Homotopy, Shape Memory | Mechanical engineering
Department
Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Language
en_US
Source
This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/11401/76441
Publisher
The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
Format
application/pdf
Abstract
Shape memory materials have different shapes, volume, stiffness, and electrical resistances in response to the change of temperature or electromagnetic fields. In this research, we developed methods for designing planar linkages that can be actuated with springs made from shape memory materials.The resulting linkages are called the configuration memory linkage systems, which can memorize linkage configurations at different temperatures. The change in ambient temperatures would effect the change in the stiffness of the springs and thereby moves the linkage from one configuration to another. Homotopy continuation methods are used to solve the system of polynomial equations for linkage design. | 52 pages
Recommended Citation
LI, DONGHE, "Analysis and Design of Configuration Memory Linkage Systems Using Homotopy Continuation Methods" (2013). Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions). 2361.
https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/stony-brook-theses-and-dissertations-collection/2361