Energy-absorbent composites featuring embedded shape memory alloys

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 642-646

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Kim, Jongmin ^a   Koratkar, Nikhil ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; DAMPING; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GLASS; MECHANICAL TESTING; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TEMPERATURE; VOLUME FRACTION;

EMBEDDED SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS; ENERGY ABSORBENT COMPOSITES; RESISTIVE HEATING;

SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

EID: 0041387371     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/12/4/315     Document Type: Article

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