Hysteresis is a nonlinear phenomenon arising in diverse fields such as mechanics, biology,
electronics, and economics (see “Summary”). In particular, hysteresis is ubiquitously …

This paper considers a control strategy for systems affected by time-varying hysteretic
phenomena, such as those observed in magnetic shape memory alloys subject to …

We consider gradient systems with an increasing potential that depends on a scalar
parameter. As the parameter is varied, critical points of the potential can be eliminated or …

The standard approach to study symmetric Hopf bifurcation phenomenon is based on the
usage of the equivariant singularity theory developed by M. Golubitsky et al. In this paper …

In this paper, the control approach for a flap positioning based shape memory alloy micro-
actuator is addressed. The challenge here are to model the saturation-type hysteresis in the …

In this paper, a control approach for a flap positioning system based on shape memory alloy
(SMA) actuators is addressed. SMA actuators are a class of smart materials based actuators …

The hysteresis nonlinearity of giant magnetostrictive actuator (GMA) is stress-dependent. In
this paper, laboratory experiments were performed to characterize the stress-dependent …

Magnetic shape memory alloys (MSMA) offer remarkable potentials for actuation purposes
because of a large achievable strain and a short response time. But, apart from these …

As a strong non-smooth nonlinearity, hysteresis has multivalued and nondifferential
characteristics, which make it difficult to mitigate the effects caused by the hysteresis directly …

We consider emerging hysteresis behaviour in a closed loop system that includes a
nonlinear link f of the Devil's staircase (Cantor function) type and a positive feedback. This …