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Shape Memory Alloys volume 1: Modeling and Engineering Applications by P.K. Kumar, D.C. Lagoudas (auth.), Dimitris C. Lagoudas (eds.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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This book provides a working knowledge of the modeling and applications of shape memory alloys (SMAs) to practicing engineers and graduate and advanced undergraduate students with an interest in the behavior and utility of active or multifunctional materials and "smart" structures. SMAs represent a unique material class with the ability to recover seemingly permanent deformations and provide large forces upon heating. These interesting characteristics have led to an ever-expanding variety of engineering applications which address design problems requiring high force actuation in a confined environment. Such applications range from morphing aerospace structures to medical stents and other biomedical devices. Specifically, this book, which includes theory, problems and references, aims to provide readers with the following: * Comprehensive introduction to the behavior of shape memory alloys which includes a review of SMA history, a microstructural description of the observed effects and a summary of engineering applications. * Review of the experimental characterization methods used to quantitykey aspects of the thermomechanical behavior of SMAs. * Introduction to continuum thermodyn

Who reads Shape Memory Alloys volume 1: Modeling and Engineering Applications?

Author

P.K. Kumar, D.C. Lagoudas (auth.), Dimitris C. Lagoudas (eds.)

Publisher

Springer-Verlag US : Springer e-books

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9781441942975

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Engineering, Science, Stem