Performance assessment of solid state actuators through a common procedure and comparison criteria

Livier Reithler; Didier Guedra-Degeorges

doi:10.1117/12.316954

27 July 1998 Performance assessment of solid state actuators through a common procedure and comparison criteria

Livier Reithler, Didier Guedra-Degeorges

Proceedings Volume 3329, Smart Structures and Materials 1998: Smart Structures and Integrated Systems; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.316954
Event: 5th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, 1998, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The design of systems based on smart structure technologies for active shape and vibration control and high precision positioning requires a good knowledge of the behavior of the active materials (electrostrictive and piezoelectric ceramics and polymers, magnetostrictive and shape memory alloys...) and of commercially available actuators. Extensive theoretical studies have been made on the behavior of active materials during the past decades but there are only a few developments on experimental comparisons between different kinds of commercially available actuators. The purpose of this study is to find out the pertinent parameters for the design of such systems, to set up a common static test procedure for all types of actuators and to define comparison criteria in terms of output force and displacement, mechanical and electrical energy, mass and dimensions. After having define the pertinent parameters of the characterization and having described the resulting testing procedure, test results are presented for different types of actuators based on piezoceramics and magnetostrictive alloys. The performances of each actuator are compared through both the test results and the announced characteristics: to perform this comparison absolute and relative criteria are chosen considering aeronautical and space applications.

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Livier Reithler and Didier Guedra-Degeorges "Performance assessment of solid state actuators through a common procedure and comparison criteria", Proc. SPIE 3329, Smart Structures and Materials 1998: Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, (27 July 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.316954

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