Fabrication and characterization of SMA hybrid composites

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4333, Issue , 2001, Pages 343-354

  Turner, T L ^a   Lach, C L ^a   Cano, R J ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite fabrication; Embedded actuators; Hybrid composites; Nitinol; Nonlinear thermoelasticity; Shape memory alloys; Thermomechanical characterization

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; CONSTRAINT THEORY; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; MICROACTUATORS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; THERMAL CYCLING; THERMOELASTICITY; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT;

SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY HYBRID COMPOSITES (SMAHC);

SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

EID: 0034845711     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.432774     Document Type: Conference Paper

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