[HTML][HTML] Shape memory alloys actuated upper limb devices: A review

QY Hamid, WZW Hasan, MAA Hanim… - Sensors and Actuators …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recently, significant efforts have been made to develop prostheses, soft rehabilitation, and
assistive devices that enhance the quality of life of limb amputees and the activities of daily …

Metallic Implants for Biomedical Applications

O Bazaka, K Bazaka, P Kingshott, RJ Crawford… - 2021 - books.rsc.org
For over 100 years, metals and their alloys have played a central role in the advancement of
medical implant applications across virtually all medical specialties. Early metal implants …

A critical review of transitioning from conventional actuators to artificial muscles in upper-limb rehabilitation devices

S Garofalo, C Morano, M Perrelli… - Journal of Intelligent …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Brain injuries resulting from spinal cord injuries, strokes, or cerebral palsy are among the
traumas most capable of compromising the motor activities of human limbs, hence the …

Effects of Ga, Nb, V, Zr, and Cr on the crystal structures and thermal behavior of CuAlMn shape memory alloys

İ Özkul, O Karaduman… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
CuAlMn alloys are cheaper and more promising alloy types compared to NiTi alloys. In this
study, based on CuAlMn shape memory alloy, thermodynamic and structural characteristics …

A simple and efficient analytical model for the natural frequencies of sandwich plates made of flexible core and composite face sheets with embedded pre‐strained …

S Kamarian, J Song - Polymer Composites, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Two main goals are followed in the present work. The first objective is the development of a
simple analytical model based on piecewise low‐order shear deformation theory (PLSDT) …

[HTML][HTML] A comparative study on the effect of SMAs and CNTs on the vibration of composite plates exposed to thermal environments

S Kamarian, J Song - Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
The main purpose of this study is to compare the effects of two advanced materials, namely
shape memory alloys (SMAs) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on the fundamental natural …

Abrasive aqua jet machining of NiTiV ternary smart alloy

A Arun, S Santosh, K Rajkumar… - Materials and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Nickel–titanium shape memory alloys (SMAs) are popular due to their usefulness and
functional characteristics. The binary NiTi SMA was alloyed with vanadium to improve …

Thermostructural shape memory effect observations of ductile Cu-Al-Mn smart alloy

CA Canbay, O Karaduman, PA Ibrahim… - Advances in materials …, 2021 - koreascience.kr
Abstract The Cu-Al-Mn shape memory alloy (SMA) with a new different composition was
fabricated by arc melting method. The characteristic shape memory effect (SME) property of …

Transformation, Kinetic and Thermodynamic Behaviors of Ni4Ti3 Precipitated/Un-Precipitated Ni-Rich NiTi SMA

BB Fraj, S Zghal - Iranian Journal of Science, 2024 - Springer
In this study, it is aimed to experimentally investigate the transformation and the
thermodynamic behaviors of the Ni-rich NiTi Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) at various thermal …

Thermodynamical and Microstructural SME Study on CuAlNi and CuAlNiCo Shape Memory Alloys

CA Canbay, G Başbağ, O Karaduman… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - dergi-fytronix.com
Abstract In this work, Cu-Al-Ni and Cu-Al-Ni-Co shape memory alloys were fabricated by arc
melting process under vacuum. The fabricated samples were cut from the ingot into small …