Simulation the Operation of an Actuator Made of a Material with a Shape Memory Effect for the Deployment of Large-Sized Space Structures

Abstract

The article discusses the concept of an actuator based on a material with a thermomechanical shape memory effect for opening large-sized space structures. Such actuators are promising for use in large space structures. However, the actuators characteristics of these actuators are quite complex and nonlinear. For materials with the shape memory effect, the controlling effect is a change in temperature. In this regard, the aim of the work is to create a mathematical model, using which it is possible to accurately describe the changes in thermal energy and the length of the active element of the actuator. A series of experiments have been carried out to determine the deformation, force and temperature characteristics of wire active elements of various diameters. The article develops a mathematical model for calculating the temperature change of an active element when heated by passing direct current through it and changing the length in accordance with the dynamics of heating. The proposed model is based on the energy balance equation; phase transformations are taken into account using the state parameter. The results of calculations based on the mathematical model are in good agreement with experimental data. The developed mathematical model can become the basis for further research in this area, as well as be used to design more advanced large-sized space structures

The work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (project no. 0705-2023-0012)

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Zimin V.N., Shakhverdov A.O. Simulation the operation of an actuator made of a material with a shape memory effect for the deployment of large-sized space structures. Herald of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Series Natural Sciences, 2025, no. 3 (120), pp. 48--61 (in Russ.). EDN: MRKEYY

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