Nitinol Actuator Engineering Lab Book

Free lab materials for upper-level mechanical engineering and materials science courses.


Nitinol Actuator Engineering Lab Book cover

14 labs in characterization, shape setting, design and control, on thirteen actuator forms. Students measure transformation temperatures, set and train shapes, build a drive board, close a position loop, write a user interface and run a part to fatigue failure.

The Lab Pack includes the lab book, sample code for every lab and the drive board firmware. Answer keys are in the Instructor Pages.


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