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Markus Beßling, Christoph Czaderski and Jeanette Orlowsky
Repairing and strengthening of existing aged steel-reinforced concrete structures is a major challenge. Today, much of the repair work completed is insufficient and brittle. A promising new solution for repair and strengthening tasks is the use of iron-b...
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Xin Lan, Weimin Huang and Jinsong Leng
The potential applications of SMP/Ni vertical chain arrays may contain micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) and biomedical devices.
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Arvind Gupta, Anoth Maharjan and Beom Soo Kim
The inherent capability to deform and reform in a predefined environment is a unique property existing in shape memory polyurethane. The intrinsic shape memory ability of the polyurethane is due to the presence of macro domains of soft and hard segments ...
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Weilai Jiang, Chenghong Zheng, Delong Hou, Kangsheng Wu and Yaonan Wang
The autonomous shape decision-making problem of a morphing aircraft (MA) with a variable wingspan and sweep angle is studied in this paper. Considering the continuity of state space and action space, a more practical autonomous decision-making algorithm ...
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Jae-Hyeon Park, Sung-Woo Park, Jong-Pil Kim and Hyun-Ung Oh
A novel passive vibration-damping device is proposed and investigated for a large deployable solar array. One strategy for achieving high damping in a solar panel is using a yoke structure comprising a hyperelastic shape memory alloy and multiple viscous...
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Wan-Ting Chiu, Motoki Okuno, Masaki Tahara, Tomonari Inamura and Hideki Hosoda
High-speed actuators and sensors.
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Lei Li, Xianxian Zhao and Junwei Cheng
In recent years, shape memory alloys (SMAs) have been applied in the vibration control of engineering structures due to their special properties such as super elasticity and high damping, and the study of the performance of SMA wires has been relatively ...
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Jian Guo, Binbin Pan, Weicheng Cui and Shengbing Hu
A constitutive relation for shape memory alloys (SMAs) that is simple, accurate, and effective is the basis for deep-sea intelligent actuators used in marine engineering applications. The existing kinetic models of phase transition all have common drawba...
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Mario Walter, Kristin Lengsfeld, David Borschewski, Stefan Albrecht, Philipp Kölsch, Thorsten Pretsch, Martin Krus and Susanne Lehmann-Brauns
Reducing the continuously growing cooling energy demand of buildings is an important part of achieving global emission targets. Here, we present an innovative scenario of how the integration of a programmable material into a climate-adaptive building env...
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Linlin Liu, Yueqi Qiao and Peng Xu
Known as having a stress self-accommodation characteristic, the laser cladding shape memory alloy (SMA) coatings have been widely used in material failure repair. Nevertheless, their further development is greatly limited by their low microhardness (250 ...
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Girolamo Costanza, Giovanni Ottavio Delle Monache, Maria Elisa Tata and Stefano Filosi
The next generation lunar reflector (NGLR) experiment is one of the experiments selected by NASA in the framework of the commercial lunar payload services (CLPS) initiative. The experiment, inspired by the lunar laser ranging (LLR) experiments of the Apo...
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Muhammad Yasar Razzaq, Joamin Gonzalez-Gutierrez, Gregory Mertz, David Ruch, Daniel F. Schmidt and Stephan Westermann
Four-dimensional (4D) printing technology, as a next-generation additive manufacturing method, enables printed objects to further change their shapes, functionalities, or properties upon exposure to external stimuli. The 4D printing of programmable and d...
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Daniela Ramermann, Andreas Becker, Björn Büker, Andreas Hütten and Inga Ennen
Magnetic shape memory Heusler alloys, such as NiCoMnAl, are considered as promising candidates for magnetocaloric cooling applications. Grown in thin film systems of adjacent layers with austenite and martensite crystal structures of almost equal thickne...
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Yeong-Mo Yeon, Ki-Nam Hong and Sang-Won Ji
A lot of studies have been conducted to introduce self-prestress to structures using Fe-based shape memory alloys (Fe-SMAs). Technology to introduce self-prestress using Fe-SMAs can resolve the disadvantages of conventional prestressed concrete. However,...
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Sneha Samal, Ondrej Tyc, Jan Cizek, Jakub Klecka, Franti?ek Lukác, Orsolya Molnárová, Esther de Prado, Zdenek Weiss, Jaromír Kopecek, Ludek Heller, Petr ?ittner and Tomá? Chráska
Thick NiTi shape memory alloy coatings (300?500 µm) were produced on graphite and AISI 304 substrates by radio frequency inductively-coupled plasma spray technology (RF-ICP) from feedstock NiTi powders. Their microstructure as well as chemical and phase ...
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Yeon-Hyeok Park, Seong-Cheol Kwon, Kyung-Rae Koo and Hyun-Ung Oh
Whole-spacecraft launch-vibration isolation systems are attractive for achieving the goal of better, faster, cheaper, and lighter small satellites by reducing the design-load and vibration-test specifications for on-board components. In this study, a thr...
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Meilin Liu, Zihao Wang, Daiki Ikeuchi, Junyu Fu and Xiaofeng Wu
This paper presents the design of a flexible bending actuator using shape memory alloy (SMA) and its integration in attitude control for solar sailing. The SMA actuator has advantages in its power-to-weight ratio and light weight. The bending mechanism a...
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Salmabanu Luhar, Ismail Luhar and Faiz Uddin Ahmed Shaikh
It is a universal fact that concrete is one of the most employed construction materials and hence its exigency is booming at a rocket pace, which in turn, has resulted in a titanic demand of ordinary Portland cement. Regrettably, the production of this e...
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Danko Coric and Irena ?mak
In order to develop the application of the more cost-effective copper-based shape memory alloys (SMAs), rather than nickel?titanium as earthquake energy dissipaters, the influence of ausforming-induced plastic deformation on phase transformations, micros...
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Najmeh Keshtkar and Klaus Röbenack
This paper develops the mathematical modeling and deflection control of a textile-reinforced composite integrated with shape memory actuators. The mathematical model of the system is derived using the identification method and an unstructured uncertainty...
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