Shape memory polymers (SMPs), as a class of programmable stimuli-responsive shape
changing polymers, are attracting increasing attention from the standpoint of both …

Shape memory polymers (SMPs) and SMP composites (SMPCs) have been widely
employed in several fields and exhibit excellent self-actuation, deformation, and self …

Shape memory polymers are a class of smart materials, which are capable of fixing their
deformed shapes, and can return to their original shape in reaction to external stimulus such …

One-step dual-shape memory polymers (SMPs) recover their original (permanent) shape
upon small variation of environmental conditions such as temperature, electric field, light …

In this study, an analytical solution is presented to simulate the mechanical response of
thermo-viscoelastic shape memory polymer materials considering the effects of time …

Using a two-phase (rubbery and glassy) phenomenological model and shape memory
strains, a three-dimensional constitutive model for shape memory polymers (SMPs) was …

Short fiber reinforced shape memory polymer composites (SF-SMPCs) possess better
mechanical properties compared to pure shape memory polymers, and in the meantime …

The aim of this work is to develop a model to continuously predict inhomogeneous and
homogeneous swelling behavior of temperature-sensitive poly-(N-isopropylacrylamide) …

Increasing applications of shape memory polymer nanocomposites calls for reliable and
effective modeling techniques. Finite element analysis (FEA) is one of the popular modeling …

The purpose of this paper is to present efficient and accurate analytical expressions for
deflection of a shape memory polymer (SMP) beam employing Euler–Bernoulli beam theory …