Power dissipation in electromechanical actuator devices

Wayland Clinton Marlow

doi:10.1117/12.178257

1 September 1994 Power dissipation in electromechanical actuator devices

Wayland Clinton Marlow

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 33, Issue 9, (September 1994). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.178257

Abstract

The major contributors to the dissipation of power by an electromechanical actuator used in a deformable mirror or an active structure are identified. The magnitudes of these power losses for a single actuator are estimated for both single-frequency and random operation of the actuator.

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Wayland Clinton Marlow "Power dissipation in electromechanical actuator devices," Optical Engineering 33(9), (1 September 1994). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.178257

Published: 1 September 1994

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