Research Article

Thermaly Active Structures for Shape Morphing Applications

Table 3

Properties of activation.

BeamCurrent (A)τ M
(10−3 J)

(10−2 J)
E Am
(J/kg)

(s)

(10−5W)
P el
(W)
η
(10−6)

CBCM-A0.20.391.120.586181.813.155.74
0.31.694.852.555438.937.0912.59
0.43.8010.865.7148022.6212.6217.92

CBCM-B0.21.753.650.767324.982.7917.84
0.38.9018.563.8664528.776.2945.73
0.423.0048.1110.0064574.5811.1866.70