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Integrated instrument characterizes SMA wires.(TESTING/CHARACTERIZATION)
Advanced Materials & Processes, July, 2007
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An instrument designed to characterize the properties of shape-memory alloy (SMA) wires has been developed by SAES Getters, Colorado Springs, Colo. Designated SMAq, the instrument can carry out thermo-mechanical loadings in many different conditions with maximum flexibility. It can simultaneously measure quantities such as wire deformation, temperature, diameter, and electrical resistivity.
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Thermal and mechanical loadings can be applied gradually to observe the material characteristics in quasi-static conditions, or as pulses to observe dynamic phenomena. SMAq is ...
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