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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Intell Mater Syst Struct. 2017 Jan 24;28(16):2167–2183. doi: 10.1177/1045389X16685443

Table 1.

SMA Spring Parameters

Parameters Symbols Units Values
Number of spring coil N 13
Wire diameter ds mm 0.75
Spring diameter Ds mm 8.5
Twinned martensite shear modulus GM GPa 16.36
Austenite shear modulus GA GPa 25.06
Austenite start temperature AS °C 45.87
Austenite finish temperature AF °C 49.12
Martensite start temperature MS °C 42.37
Martensite finish temperature MF °C 38.17
Martensite constant CM MPa/°C 17.25
Austenite constant CA MPa/°C 12.81
Critical start shear stress
τscr
MPa 69.25
Critical finish shear stress
τfcr
MPa 164.8
Maximum recoverable deflection δL m 0.08