SMAs in Commercial Codes
Abstract
Shape memory alloys (SMAs) have been selected as “active” elements for the development of several innovative actuators because of their compactness and better power/weight ratio in certain cases when compared with traditional ones. Super- (or pseudo-) elasticity and shape memory effect are the features mainly responsible for these benefits, but also their main shortcomings. The challenges associated with the simulation of highly non-linear, coupled (thermal, mechanical, electrical) problems early in the design stage are not negligible and have heavily affected the interest of many industrial companies ...
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