Active material reversible attachments: Shape memory polymer based

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6930, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Stanford, Thomas ^a   Barvosa Carter, William ^a   Browne, Alan L ^b   Johnson, Nancy L ^b  

^a Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

^b General Motors   (United States)

Author keywords

Hook and loop reversible attachment; Shape memory polymer

Indexed keywords

'PULL OFF' FORCE; (PL) PROPERTIES; (SPM) CLASSES; ACTIVATED SHAPE MEMORY; ACTIVE MATERIALS; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; CONCEPT GENERATION; FABRICATION METHODS; HOOK AND LOOP FASTENERS; ON-DEMAND; ON-DEMAND RELEASE; PROPERTY (S); SHAPE MEMORY POLYMER (SMP); SMART STRUCTURES;

CHEMICALS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CONCRETE BRIDGES; ERROR ANALYSIS; FASTENERS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; HOOKS; INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES; LOCKS (FASTENERS); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PIGMENTS; POLYMERS; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TECHNOLOGY;

SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

EID: 44949250176     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.771966     Document Type: Conference Paper

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