Design, manufacture and evaluation of bending behaviour of composite beams embedded with SMA wires

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2034-2041

  Zhou, Gang ^a   Lloyd, Peter ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Smart materials; B. Stress strain; B. Thermomechanical properties; C. Deformation; Shape memory effect

Indexed keywords

A. SMART MATERIALS; ACTUATION CAPABILITY; B. STRESS/STRAIN; B. THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; BENDING ACTUATION; BENDING BEHAVIOUR; C. DEFORMATION; CARBON/EPOXY; COMPOSITE BEAM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FABRICATION PROCESS; GLASS/EPOXY; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; MULTI-CYCLE; NITINOL WIRES; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PREMATURE FAILURES; RECOVERY STRESS; REVERSE TRANSFORMATION; SINGLE CYCLE; SMA WIRE; SMART BEAMS; SMART COMPOSITE BEAM; THERMO-MECHANICAL;

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; DEFORMATION; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; MARTENSITIC TRANSFORMATIONS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT;

WIRE;

BENDING; CARBON FIBER; DEFORMATION; EPOXY RESIN; FABRICATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; SHAPE MEMORY MATERIAL; SMART FABRIC; STRAIN; STRESS;

EID: 67651100965     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2009.01.017     Document Type: Article

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