Morphing Wing I - finite element modelling of a NiTi SMA wire

This research aims to model the shape memory effect (SME) of a shape memory alloy (SMA) wire in a commercial explicit finite element analysis (FEA) software, Ls-Dyna. A user defined material (UMAT) model was developed by implementing a one dimensional constitutive model into Ls-Dyna. A simple struct...

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Main Authors: Wan A Hamid, Wan Luqman Hakim, Iannucci, Lorenzo, Robinson, Paul
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) 2017
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author Wan A Hamid, Wan Luqman Hakim
Iannucci, Lorenzo
Robinson, Paul
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Iannucci, Lorenzo
Robinson, Paul
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description This research aims to model the shape memory effect (SME) of a shape memory alloy (SMA) wire in a commercial explicit finite element analysis (FEA) software, Ls-Dyna. A user defined material (UMAT) model was developed by implementing a one dimensional constitutive model into Ls-Dyna. A simple structure consisting of one SMA wire connected to a linear spring in series was analysed using Ls-Dyna. One complete heating-cooling cycle was applied on the SMA wire, and the resulting stress and strain were validated by analytical solutions. This SMA model was further tested for mesh sensitivity, for a range of values of key parameters, and for fully-constrained and constant load cases. Finally, actuation of several morphing aerofoil sections was studied. Among the proposed aerofoil configurations, an aerofoil with a corrugated plate in between the D-nose spar and the trailing edge (TE) section, with one SMA wire in each cell, provided the highest TE deflection. The results show the applicability of the current model in actuation of the morphing aerofoils.
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spelling iium-777202020-07-10T08:19:58Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/77720/ Morphing Wing I - finite element modelling of a NiTi SMA wire Wan A Hamid, Wan Luqman Hakim Iannucci, Lorenzo Robinson, Paul TL500 Aeronautics This research aims to model the shape memory effect (SME) of a shape memory alloy (SMA) wire in a commercial explicit finite element analysis (FEA) software, Ls-Dyna. A user defined material (UMAT) model was developed by implementing a one dimensional constitutive model into Ls-Dyna. A simple structure consisting of one SMA wire connected to a linear spring in series was analysed using Ls-Dyna. One complete heating-cooling cycle was applied on the SMA wire, and the resulting stress and strain were validated by analytical solutions. This SMA model was further tested for mesh sensitivity, for a range of values of key parameters, and for fully-constrained and constant load cases. Finally, actuation of several morphing aerofoil sections was studied. Among the proposed aerofoil configurations, an aerofoil with a corrugated plate in between the D-nose spar and the trailing edge (TE) section, with one SMA wire in each cell, provided the highest TE deflection. The results show the applicability of the current model in actuation of the morphing aerofoils. International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) 2017 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/77720/8/77720%20MORPHING%20WING%20I.pdf Wan A Hamid, Wan Luqman Hakim and Iannucci, Lorenzo and Robinson, Paul (2017) Morphing Wing I - finite element modelling of a NiTi SMA wire. In: 8th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials (SMART 2017), 5 - 8 June 2017, Madrid, Spain. http://congress.cimne.com/smart2017/frontal/doc/Ebook_SMART2017.pdf
spellingShingle TL500 Aeronautics
Wan A Hamid, Wan Luqman Hakim
Iannucci, Lorenzo
Robinson, Paul
Morphing Wing I - finite element modelling of a NiTi SMA wire
title Morphing Wing I - finite element modelling of a NiTi SMA wire
title_full Morphing Wing I - finite element modelling of a NiTi SMA wire
title_fullStr Morphing Wing I - finite element modelling of a NiTi SMA wire
title_full_unstemmed Morphing Wing I - finite element modelling of a NiTi SMA wire
title_short Morphing Wing I - finite element modelling of a NiTi SMA wire
title_sort morphing wing i - finite element modelling of a niti sma wire
topic TL500 Aeronautics
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/77720/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/77720/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/77720/8/77720%20MORPHING%20WING%20I.pdf