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Heat-engines using shape memory alloy (SMA) were expected to be employed as heat-engines driven by low-temperature thermal energy. However, since the product-life cycle of conventional heat-engines using SMA is too short, SMA heat-engines have not been put into practical use. For the purpose of the product life improvement of the SMA engine, we devised and fabricated some SMA heat-engines using the tape-shaped SMA element. This paper reports the description of fabricated SMA heat-engines and output characteristics of these engines.
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Cho, H., Takeda, Y., Sakuma, T. (2017). Fabrication and Output Power Characteristics of Heat-Engines Using Tape-Shaped SMA Element. In: Sun, Q., Matsui, R., Takeda, K., Pieczyska, E. (eds) Advances in Shape Memory Materials. Advanced Structured Materials, vol 73. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53306-3_1
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