Transformational behavior of shape memory wires embedded in a composite matrix

Rudy Stalmans; Kelly A. Tsoi; Jan Schrooten

doi:10.1117/12.396420

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24 August 2000 Transformational behavior of shape memory wires embedded in a composite matrix

Rudy Stalmans, Kelly A. Tsoi, Jan Schrooten

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Proceedings Volume 4073, Fifth European Conference on Smart Structures and Materials; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.396420
Event: Symposium on Applied Photonics, 2000, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

The peculiar thermomechanical and functional properties of adaptive composites with embedded shape memory (SMA) wires are directly related to the reversible martensitic transformation in the SMA-wires. The gradual transformation and the related strain recovery of the prestrained SMA-wires during heating is hampered by the rigid matrix. The constraining matrix thus influences the transformational behaviour of the embedded SMA-wires. The effects on the transformation heat and on the transformation temperatures of the forward and reverse transformation have been quantified and explained.

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Rudy Stalmans, Kelly A. Tsoi, and Jan Schrooten "Transformational behavior of shape memory wires embedded in a composite matrix", Proc. SPIE 4073, Fifth European Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, (24 August 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.396420

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