Bending artificial muscle from nylon filaments
Highly oriented nylon and polyethylene fibers shrink in length and expand in diameter when heated. Using this property, in this work, for the first time we are introducing a type of bending artificial muscle from nylon filaments such as fishing line. Reversible radius of curvature of 0.23 mm-1 was a...
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| author | Mirvakili, Seyed Mohammad Hunter, Ian |
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| description | Highly oriented nylon and polyethylene fibers shrink in length and expand in diameter when heated. Using this property, in this work, for the first time we are introducing a type of bending artificial muscle from nylon filaments such as fishing line. Reversible radius of curvature of 0.23 mm-1 was achieved with maximum reversible bending amplitude of 115 mm for the nylon bending actuator. Peak force of up to 2040 mN was measured with a catch-state force of up to 40% of the active force. A 3 dB roll-off frequency of around 0.7 Hz was observed in the frequency response of the bending actuator in water. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1072742022-09-27T21:30:15Z Bending artificial muscle from nylon filaments Mirvakili, Seyed Mohammad Hunter, Ian Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Mirvakili, Seyed Mohammad Hunter, Ian Highly oriented nylon and polyethylene fibers shrink in length and expand in diameter when heated. Using this property, in this work, for the first time we are introducing a type of bending artificial muscle from nylon filaments such as fishing line. Reversible radius of curvature of 0.23 mm-1 was achieved with maximum reversible bending amplitude of 115 mm for the nylon bending actuator. Peak force of up to 2040 mN was measured with a catch-state force of up to 40% of the active force. A 3 dB roll-off frequency of around 0.7 Hz was observed in the frequency response of the bending actuator in water. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Alexander Graham Bell Graduate Fellowship) 2017-03-09T21:58:47Z 2017-03-09T21:58:47Z 2016-07 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper 9781510600393 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/107274 Mirvakili, Seyed M., and Ian W. Hunter. “Bending Artificial Muscle from Nylon Filaments.” Ed. Yoseph Bar-Cohen and Frédéric Vidal. N.p., 2016. 97981L. © 2016 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8251-5432 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2225271 Proceedings of SPIE--the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) SPIE |
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