Fabrication and Actuation Performance of Selective Laser Melting Additive-Manufactured Active Shape-Memory Alloy Honeycomb Arrays
Shape-memory alloy (SMA) honeycomb arrays have drawn worldwide attention for their potential active applications in smart morphing wings. However, the manufacturing of complex active SMA honeycomb arrays via conventional processes is a difficult task, and the actuation performance of the honeycomb a...
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| description | Shape-memory alloy (SMA) honeycomb arrays have drawn worldwide attention for their potential active applications in smart morphing wings. However, the manufacturing of complex active SMA honeycomb arrays via conventional processes is a difficult task, and the actuation performance of the honeycomb arrays has not yet been well–investigated. In this work, the active SMA honeycomb arrays were fabricated by selective laser melting (SLM) additive manufacturing, and their actuation performance was investigated. The results show that the SLM–fabricated active SMA honeycomb arrays can generate obvious actuation performance during the transformation and exhibit a higher maximum actuation stress of 2.53 MPa at a <i>R</i>/<i>t</i> ratio of 4 and a tensile pre–strain of 35%. This research will contribute to the design and further improvement of active SMA honeycomb arrays based on SLM additive manufacturing, promoting the engineering applications for smart morphing wings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-767aae616340488db2d8bbe5e4fc8f3b2023-11-23T14:29:02ZengMDPI AGActuators2076-08252022-08-0111924210.3390/act11090242Fabrication and Actuation Performance of Selective Laser Melting Additive-Manufactured Active Shape-Memory Alloy Honeycomb ArraysYuesheng Xu0Lei Qiu1Shenfang Yuan2Research Center of Structural Health Monitoring and Prognosis, State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, College of Aerospace Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 29 Yudao Street, Nanjing 210016, ChinaResearch Center of Structural Health Monitoring and Prognosis, State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, College of Aerospace Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 29 Yudao Street, Nanjing 210016, ChinaResearch Center of Structural Health Monitoring and Prognosis, State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, College of Aerospace Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 29 Yudao Street, Nanjing 210016, ChinaShape-memory alloy (SMA) honeycomb arrays have drawn worldwide attention for their potential active applications in smart morphing wings. However, the manufacturing of complex active SMA honeycomb arrays via conventional processes is a difficult task, and the actuation performance of the honeycomb arrays has not yet been well–investigated. In this work, the active SMA honeycomb arrays were fabricated by selective laser melting (SLM) additive manufacturing, and their actuation performance was investigated. The results show that the SLM–fabricated active SMA honeycomb arrays can generate obvious actuation performance during the transformation and exhibit a higher maximum actuation stress of 2.53 MPa at a <i>R</i>/<i>t</i> ratio of 4 and a tensile pre–strain of 35%. This research will contribute to the design and further improvement of active SMA honeycomb arrays based on SLM additive manufacturing, promoting the engineering applications for smart morphing wings.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0825/11/9/242smart morphing wingsadditive manufacturingshape-memory alloyhoneycomb arraysactuation performance |
| spellingShingle | Yuesheng Xu Lei Qiu Shenfang Yuan Fabrication and Actuation Performance of Selective Laser Melting Additive-Manufactured Active Shape-Memory Alloy Honeycomb Arrays Actuators smart morphing wings additive manufacturing shape-memory alloy honeycomb arrays actuation performance |
| title | Fabrication and Actuation Performance of Selective Laser Melting Additive-Manufactured Active Shape-Memory Alloy Honeycomb Arrays |
| title_full | Fabrication and Actuation Performance of Selective Laser Melting Additive-Manufactured Active Shape-Memory Alloy Honeycomb Arrays |
| title_fullStr | Fabrication and Actuation Performance of Selective Laser Melting Additive-Manufactured Active Shape-Memory Alloy Honeycomb Arrays |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fabrication and Actuation Performance of Selective Laser Melting Additive-Manufactured Active Shape-Memory Alloy Honeycomb Arrays |
| title_short | Fabrication and Actuation Performance of Selective Laser Melting Additive-Manufactured Active Shape-Memory Alloy Honeycomb Arrays |
| title_sort | fabrication and actuation performance of selective laser melting additive manufactured active shape memory alloy honeycomb arrays |
| topic | smart morphing wings additive manufacturing shape-memory alloy honeycomb arrays actuation performance |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0825/11/9/242 |
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