Self-healing is an essential property of smart concrete structures. In contrast to other structural metals, shape memory alloys (SMAs) offer two unique effects: shape memory effects, and superelastic effects. Composites composed of SMA wires and conventional cements can overcome the mechanical weaknesses associated with tensile fractures in conventional concretes. Under specialized environments...

In recent years, the Preisach hysteresis model has emerged as the model of choice for the behaviour of many smart materials, such as shape memory alloys (SMA). This research treats the identi cation of Preisach models for a di erential SMA actuator. The traditional identi cation technique is applied, and several models are derived for the actuator. It is seen that the classical Preisach model i...

Shape Memory Alloys (SMA's) are generally considered to be a slow and imprecise means of actuation. With the SMA actuator designed at McGill University we wish to show the contrary. In this paper, several SMA actuators are used to actively damp an external impulse disturbance on a mass to be isolated from vibrations. The vibration isolation testbed consists of a `strong' actuator to low-pass th...

In recent years, the Preisach hysteresis model has emerged as the model of choice for the behaviour of many smart materials, such as shape memory alloys (SMA). This research treats the identiication of Preisach models for a diierential SMA actuator. The traditional identiication technique is applied, and several models are derived for the actuator. It is seen that the classical Preisach model i...

Shape Memory Alloys (SMA) are now well recognized as potential materials for structural control. The optimised integration of some SMA devices in a mechanical structure for passive structural damping requires a predictable modelling. At first experimental and numerical studies have been performed on a CuAlBe beam under harmonic flexion, leading to a qualitative modelling based on the material t...

Shape memory alloys (SMA) are widely employed as sensors and actuators. The need for precise control requires reliable modeling techniques involving, e.g., prescribed stresses and temperatures. These parameters are always inherently coupled in SMA. Various models are in use to characterize the non-linear hysteretic behavior of SMA; among them some that do not provide a means to incorporate true...

Shape memory alloys (SMAs) have interesting properties for application in adaptive structures, and many researchers have already explored their possibilities. However, the complex behavior of the material makes the development of SMA adaptive structures a challenging task. It is generally accepted that systematic, model-based design approaches and design optimization techniques can be of great ...

Medical textiles are widely used as bandages for diverse purposes. Usually textiles have a certain stiffness depending on the passive material and the manufacturing technique. To improve and extend the applications by making the stressstrain characteristic adaptive, hybrid structures made of textile with integrated shape memory alloys (SMA) are investigated and evaluated regarding its capabilit...

The shape memory effect (SMA) relies on martensitic transformations which are macroscopically due to a pseudo-shearing deformation, resulting from a deformation mode similar to slip or twinning in ordinary metals and alloys under stress. However, since martensitic thermoelastic transformations are reversible, the deformation behaviour of alloys that undergo this type of transformations is remar...

In the ambit of smart materials, shape memory alloys (SMA) have emerged as a remarkable class materials capable undergoing significant changes when stimulated by external factors such mechanical, magnetic, thermal, or electrical forces [...]