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Shape Memory Alloys: A Material and a Technology
Author(s) -
Van Humbeeck J.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
advanced engineering materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1527-2648
pISSN - 1438-1656
DOI - 10.1002/1527-2648(200111)3:11<837::aid-adem837>3.0.co;2-0
Subject(s) - shape memory alloy , materials science , work (physics) , mechanical engineering , engineering physics , metallurgy , engineering
Shape memory alloys offer attractive potentials such as: superelastic behaviour, reversible strains of several percent during heating or cooling over a limited temperature range, generation of high recovery stresses, and a work output with a high power/weight ratio. This paper describes the origin of those properties and gives an overview of the shape memory functions and shape memory applications.