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Thermal Linear Actuators

Thermal Linear Actuator is a mechanical actuation device that converts thermal energy into linear motion through controlled thermal expansion or phase change of its constituent materials.

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A high force low area MEMS thermal actuator

Mike Sinclair · 2002 · 138 citations

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In-plane linear displacement bistable microrelay

Troy Gomm, Larry L. Howell, Richard H. Selfridge · Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering · 2002 · 65 citations

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An Accurate Mesh-Based Equivalent Circuit Approach to Thermal Modeling

Nick Simpson, Rafał Wróbel, Phil Mellor · IEEE Transactions on Magnetics · 2014 · 49 citations

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Linear Thermomechanical Microactuators

Rebecca Cragun, Larry L. Howell · Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) · 1999 · 48 citations

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A Thermal-Expansion-Type Microactuator with Paraffin as the Expansive Material. (Basic Performance of a Prototype Linear Actuator).

N. Kabei, Masayuki KOSUDA, Hideki KAGAMIBUCHI et al. · JSME International Journal Series C · 1997 · 47 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. LL
    Larry L. Howell

    Brigham Young University, United States

    3 publications · 127 citations

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  2. HG
    Hongye Guo

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 28 citations

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  3. YU
    Yasuhiro Ueda

    Kobe University, Japan

    1 publications · 47 citations

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  4. DM
    David Montgomery

    UK Astronomy Technology Centre, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  5. CM
    Chris Miller

    UK Astronomy Technology Centre, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 12 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Brigham Young University

    Provo, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    226 citations

  2. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

    Porto Alegre, Brazil

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    108 citations

  3. Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

    Santa Maria, Brazil

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  4. Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory

    Florence, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  5. UK Astronomy Technology Centre

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    48 citations

  6. Saitama Prefecture

    Saitama, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    47 citations

  7. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    22 citations

  8. Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte

    Naples, Italy

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    24 citations

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  2. Advanced Materials Technologies

    1 publications · 28 citations

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  3. Sensors

    1 publications · 27 citations

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  4. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  5. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

    1 publications · 49 citations

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