Determination of recovery energy densities of shape memory polymers via closed-loop, force-controlled recovery cycling

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Rapp, S ^a   Baier, H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; APPLICATION EXAMPLES; CLOSED-LOOP; COMPOSITE PARTS; ENERGY DENSITY; ENERGY RECOVERY; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; FIGURE OF MERIT; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; HIGH PRECISION; INSTRON; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; RECOVERED ENERGY; RECOVERY CYCLES; RECOVERY RATIO; RECOVERY STRESS; RELEASE MECHANISM; SEMI-ACTIVE; SHAPE MEMORY POLYMERS; SIMULTANEOUS RECORDING; TENSILE TESTING MACHINES; TENSION AND COMPRESSION; WORKING POINT; WORKING RANGE;

MATERIALS TESTING APPARATUS; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; RECOVERY; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; TENSILE TESTING;

SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 77949909525     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/19/4/045018     Document Type: Article

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