Calculations
Curvature of a Bimetallic Beam:
Where and are the Young's Modulus and height of Material One and and are the Young's Modulus and height of Material Two. is the misfit strain, calculated by:
Where α1 is the Coefficient of Thermal Expansion of Material One and α2 is the Coefficient of Thermal Expansion of Material Two. ΔT is the current temperature minus the reference temperature (the temperature where the beam has no flexure).
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