Following their discovery in the early 1960s, there has been a continuous quest for ways to
take advantage of the extraordinary properties of shape memory alloys (SMAs). These …

Imparting controllable flexural rigidity into a material system is one of the key motivations for
the design of intelligent materials for structural applications. In this direction, shape memory …

Composite materials are known to have a poor resistance to through-the-thickness impact
loading. There are various methods for improving their impact damage tolerance, such as …

Fiber–metal laminates (FMLs) are high-performance hybrid structures based on alternating
stacked arrangements of fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) plies and metal alloy layers. The …

Optimization of the volume fraction, the orientation and the through thickness location of the
shape memory alloy (SMA) wires was used in order to minimize the maximum transverse …

Nowadays, shape-memory alloys (SMAs) are used in many applications to improve the
mechanical behaviors of the structures. In this paper, the natural vibration and buckling …

The present research work investigated on the behavior of corrugated core composite
sandwich panel (CCCS) with composite face-sheets reinforced by pseudo-elastic NiTi …

The aim of this work is to design, manufacture and test a hybrid composite by embedding
optimised copper or Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) wires within carbon fibre laminate for …

This study presents an analytical model of low-velocity impact on composite plates,
possessing either flat or cylindrical shapes. The overall plates stiffness properties are varied …

Under the high overload impact environment, MEMS devices are prone to failure due to their
complex mechanical structure. Therefore, improving the sensor's resistance to high overload …