Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) are unique materials that exhibit shape memory behavior, which is exemplified by the ability recover large deformations due to changes in external loading conditions, ...

Microscale mechanisms and their relation to macroscopic behavior and mathematical constitutive modeling for advanced material systems. Emphasis on polymer viscoelasticity, shape memory materials, ...

MIT engineers created shape-memory materials made of ceramic rather than of traditional metal. The development opens a new range of applications, especially for actuators in high-temperature settings.

similar to shape memory polymers. Again, this type of smart material could be used in sporting equipment and car bodies, as well as certain medical applications, such as surgical plates for ...

Russian cosmonauts are set to carry out the first-ever experiment aboard the International Space Station (ISS) this year to test a shape memory synthetic plate coated with cellular material ...

The product is named FOIM—a combination of the words "foil" and "foam." The novel material is a shape memory polymer. It is capable of returning to its original shape after being deformed.

Nitinol is a kind of wire that has a memory. If you heat it, it tries to return to the shape it remembers. [Latheman666] recently posted a video (see below) of a Nitinol engine that uses a ...

Shape memory alloys are metals that can return to ... how you change the processing of the material, and how you model these ...