"The Unbearable Lightness of the Cube": Using SMA to Express Lightness, Movement and Memory in Sculptures

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The influence of post-heat treatment on the microstructure and properties of 4D printed Fe-17Mn-5Si-10Cr-4Ni (wt. %) shape memory alloy (SMA) produced via a laser powder bed fusion process is investigated in this study. It is shown that heat-treatment temp ...

In the modern age of miniaturisation, Smart Materials, a type of material that reacts mechanically to a certain stimulus, have become an integral part of this revolution. Among these materials, Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs), which have the highest volumetric ...

Smart Materials such as Shape Memory Alloys (SMA) play a major role in creating Smart Actuators that are compact and high performing. Traditional SMA bias-spring actuators are only capable of a single linear output. Using topology optimization, compliant S ...

Shape Memory Alloys (SMA) are a class of Smart Materials that are ideal for creating compact actuators. The complex nature of their behavior results in the use of these materials in simple geometries (wires, sheets) limiting their performances. A design me ...

This paper aims to adapt the well established Brinson model for the thermoelastic behaviour of the Shape Memory Effect (SME) so as to compare it to a custom shape memory material modelled using an finite element modelling software. In this work, the Brinso ...

Shape memory alloys (SMAs) have gained considerable attention in a broad range of engineering applications. In particular, iron-based SMAs (Fe-SMAs) have been recently developed and used as a cost-effect method for prestressed-strengthening of civil struct ...

The aim of this thesis has been to investigate the use of heat-activated shape memory polymers (SMPs) as novel smart actuators for the controlled delivery of fluids and their suitability for applications such as low-cost drug delivery. On heating to temper ...

The biomedical industry has an increasing demand for dissimilar metal joining processes, which are used for complex configuration designs, such as guidewires and other intravascular interventional devices. Their production becomes more and more challenging ...

"The Unbearable Lightness of the Cube": Using SMA to Express Lightness, Movement and Memory in Sculptures

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Effect of post-heat treatment conditions on shape memory property in 4D printed Fe-17Mn-5Si-10Cr-4Ni shape memory alloy

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Shape Memory Effect of Benchmark Compliant Mechanisms Designed With Topology Optimization

Design Analysis of a Shape Memory Alloy Bias-Spring Linear Actuator

Behavior of iron-based Shape Memory Alloys under Cyclic Loading Histories

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