Design of a tunable bushing system using shape memory alloy wires

Giuseppe Mirone

doi:10.1117/12.483765

31 July 2003 Design of tunable bushing system using shape memory alloy wires

Giuseppe Mirone

Proceedings Volume 5052, Smart Structures and Materials 2003: Damping and Isolation; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.483765
Event: Smart Structures and Materials, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The resonance phenomenon often imposes limitations in structural design when loads have variable frequency. Components exhibiting variable stiffness allow enlarging the range of frequencies that the structures can undergo without the risk of resonance. The layout of tunable-stiffness bushing system proposed in this paper consists of a typical rubber silent-block working in parallel to a circular array of Ni-Ti wires which, changing from their martensitic state to the austenitic one, induce significant variations in the load-displacement response of the entire supporting system. The versatility of the configuration is due to the possibility to activate the wires in various combinations, extending the range of stiffness values obtainable with respect to the case of a single Ni-Ti component. Both numerical simulations and experimental tests conducted on a prototype of the support indicated that interesting performances could be achieved with the proposed bushing structure.

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Giuseppe Mirone "Design of tunable bushing system using shape memory alloy wires", Proc. SPIE 5052, Smart Structures and Materials 2003: Damping and Isolation, (31 July 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.483765

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