Modeling of the Electrical Resistance of TCP Muscle

Lianjun Wu, Yonas Tadesse

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Abstract

A recently emerged artificial muscle that is created by transforming a sewing thread or fishing line through a process of twisting, coiling and annealing has a great potential application in sensing, actuation or energy harvesting. Extensive experimental investigations along with modeling have been carried out to further understand the twisted and coiled polymer (TCP) muscle. The TCP muscle has a large actuation stroke and long life cycle, and is easy to produce with low cost. Incorporation of TCP muscles into sensor application will advance the combined muscle-sensor integrated system development. We explored the strain sensing principle of TCP muscle based on its change in electrical resistance during actuation. In this paper, we present a geometrical model to describe the principle based on the relationship between the electrical resistivity, temperature and length. Moreover, a series of experiments were carried out to correlate the time domain input and output relationships as well as to verify the model.
Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationProceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 3 2017

Keywords

  • Electrical resistance
  • Modeling
  • TCP muscle

DC Disciplines

  • Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

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