As a promising candidate in the construction industry, iron-based shape memory alloy (Fe-
SMA) has attracted lots of attention in the engineering and metallography communities …

Shape memory materials (SMMs) are an important group of intelligent multifunctional
materials used in civil engineering applications whose popularity is due to their unique …

Abstract Low-cost Fe-Mn-Si-based shape memory alloys (SMAs) have attracted much
attention in the research community and in practice over the past two decades as a cost …

This paper presents the development of an iron-based shape memory alloy (Fe-SMA)
system for the strengthening of steel plates. The shape memory effect (SME), which is the …

An innovative fatigue strengthening solution for metallic structures that takes advantage of
the shape memory effect of an iron-based shape memory alloy (Fe-SMA) and the bridging …

Cyclic deformation and fatigue behavior of an iron-based shape memory alloy (Fe-SMA) Fe-
17Mn-5Si-10Cr-4Ni-1 (V, C) were studied. In the first step, cyclic tensile tests were …

Given the increasing age of our built environment, including concrete structures,
stakeholders in the construction industry require innovative and effective strengthening …

Shape memory alloys (SMAs), as the self-explanatory name indicates, are materials that can
'memorize'or retrieve their pristine shape when exposed to temperature or load due to their …

The study concerns a comprehensive summarization in using hybrid or hierarchical
structures with the adhesion of smart materials for enhancing the heat transfer coefficient …

The study presents a new retrofit solution for strengthening metallic I-girders. The retrofit
system involves two iron-based shape memory alloy (Fe-SMA,'memory-steel') strips (each …