Chapter 13

Applications of Shape Memory Alloys in Structural Engineering

Costantino Menna1, Ferdinando Auricchio2,3,4,  and Domenico Asprone1     1Dipartimento di Strutture per l’Ingegneria e l’Architettura (Dist), Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy     2Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Architettura (DICAr), Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy     3Center for Advanced Numerical Simulation (CeSNA), Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori (IUSS), Pavia, Italy     4Istituto di Matematica Applicata e Tecnologie Informatiche (IMATI), National Research Council (CNR), Pavia, Italy

Abstract

Shape memory alloys (SMAs) have physical and mechanical features that make them successful candidates for use in structural engineering ...

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