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Web-based actuator selection tool Filipozzi, Luca; Madden, John D.

Abstract

Device designers are continually confronted with the challenge of selecting the best actuator for a task and developers of new actuators are seeking applications for which their technologies are suitable. A web-based interface is presented that enables designers to input basic needs (force, displacement, frequency, cycle life, dimensions, voltage and power available) and retrieve an initial evaluation of the suitability of the various actuator technologies in the database. The prototype contains data for a number of emerging technologies including conducting polymers, dielectric elastomers, ferroelectric polymers, thermal and magnetic shape memory alloys, carbon nanotube actuators, liquid crystal elastomers, ionic polymer metal composites and mammalian skeletal muscle. The system is very early in the development process, and it is hoped that feedback from the EAP community will help guide the growth of and establish the need for this tool. Copyright 2005 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited.

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Title
Web-based actuator selection tool
Creator
Filipozzi, Luca; Madden, John D.
Contributor
University of British Columbia. Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory
Publisher
Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
Date Issued
2005
Description
Device designers are continually confronted with the challenge of selecting the best actuator for a task and developers of new actuators are seeking applications for which their technologies are suitable. A web-based interface is presented that enables designers to input basic needs (force, displacement, frequency, cycle life, dimensions, voltage and power available) and retrieve an initial evaluation of the suitability of the various actuator technologies in the database. The prototype contains data for a number of emerging technologies including conducting polymers, dielectric elastomers, ferroelectric polymers, thermal and magnetic shape memory alloys, carbon nanotube actuators, liquid crystal elastomers, ionic polymer metal composites and mammalian skeletal muscle. The system is very early in the development process, and it is hoped that feedback from the EAP community will help guide the growth of and establish the need for this tool. Copyright 2005 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited.
Genre
Conference Paper
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2011-06-01
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0107529
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/35018
Affiliation
Applied Science, Faculty of; Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of
Citation
Madden, John D.; Filipozzi, Luca. Web-based actuator selection tool. Smart Structures and Materials 2005: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD), edited by Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Proceedings of SPIE Volume 5759, 9, 2005.
Publisher DOI
10.1117/12.600728
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Copyright Holder
Madden, John D.
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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