A FEM-Experimental Approach for the Development of a Conceptual Linear Actuator Based on Tendril’s Free Coiling

<div>(a) Testing system: two SMA springs connected by a perversion element at one extremity and constrained on the other as highlighted in the (b) schematic representation of free and constrained DoFs.</div>

Applied Bionics and Biomechanics

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Figure 8: A FEM-Experimental Approach for the Development of a Conceptual Linear Actuator Based on Tendril’s Free Coiling 