Thermomechanical recovery couplings of shape memory polymers in flexure

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 947-954

  Liu, Yiping ^a   Gall, Ken ^a   Dunn, Martin L ^a   McCluskey, Patrick ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; COOLING; DEFORMATION; GLASS TRANSITION; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; STRAIN;

PRE-DEFORMATION STRESS/STRAIN; REHEAT; SHAPE MEMORY POLYMERS (SMP); THERMOMECHANICAL RECOVERY COUPLINGS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 2642559412     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/12/6/012     Document Type: Article

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