Abstract:
A connecting device using a shape memory alloy (SMA). The connecting device uses an SMA, which firmly connects female member with male member inserted into the female member, in which a wire member formed of an SMA material is wound a plurality of times in a spiral shape, a hollow into which the female member is inserted is formed in a center portion of the spiral shape, and when the male member being inserted into the female member, the wire member presses against an outer circumferential surface of the female member to prevent the male member from being separated from the female member. According to the present invention, a connection is possible in a high-temperature phase corresponding to room temperature as well as in a low-temperature phase, and an allowable tolerance, which is a difference between a diameter of a hollow and an outer diameter of a female member, increases.
Abstract:
The present invention has been proposed to solve various problems including the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method of stabilizing carbon nanotubes by oxidizing catalyst metal particles included in the carbon nanotubes by oxidation heat treatment or by melting and removing the catalyst metal particles in a vacuum atmosphere. According to an aspect of the present invention to achieve the object, the method includes preparing carbon nanotubes including a catalyst metal and oxidizing the catalyst metal by heat-treating the carbon nanotubes. According to another aspect of the present invention to achieve the object, the method includes preparing carbon nanotubes including a catalyst metal, melting the catalyst metal by heat-treating the carbon nanotubes, and acid pickling the carbon nanotubes having undergone the melting process.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a screw coupling structure for preventing loosening, and more particularly, to a screw coupling structure for preventing loosening for preventing loosening between a screw portion and an engagement portion, which includes the screw portion having a predetermined length and the engagement portion having a screw hole through which the screw portion is inserted and engaged, in which the screw portion is formed of a shape memory alloy deformable by an external force applied thereto at a temperature lower than a predetermined threshold temperature and recoverable from the deformation by heating to a temperature higher than the threshold temperature.