| Project/Area Number |
23656078
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Materials/Mechanics of materials
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
OKABE Yoji 東京大学, 生産技術研究所, 准教授 (90313006)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
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| Keywords | 形状記憶合金 / セル構造 / 人工筋肉 / リハビリテーション / スマート構造 |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this research is the development of artificial muscles with the lightweight, flexibility, and silence for rehabilitation devices from shape memory alloys (SMA). Especially, by the processing of SMA wires into cell structures, the lightweight artificial muscles are controlled with high stretch property and the high generative force by temperature change. The FEM analysis and experiments for processed SMA wires were conducted. As a result, the feasibility of designing of optimal artificial muscle depending on the usage could be shown by control of the geometrical shapes and parameters of SMA wires and construction of cell structures from multiple wires.
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