Development and prospect of smart materials and structures for aerospace sensing systems and applications

W Wang, Y Xiang, J Yu, L Yang - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
The rapid development of the aviation industry has put forward higher and higher
requirements for material properties, and the research on smart material structure has also …

Research progress and applications of Fe-Mn-Si-based shape memory alloys on reinforcing steel and concrete bridges

X Qiang, Y Wu, Y Wang, X Jiang - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
In civil engineering, beam structures such as bridges require reinforcement to increase load-
bearing capacity and extend service life due to damage, aging, and capacity degradation …

Cyclic behaviours of superelastic shape-memory alloy plates joined by tungsten inert gas welding

ZP Chen, S Zhu - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The limitations of connection technology have long been an obstacle to constructing large-
dimensional elements made of shape memory alloy (SMA). This is because techniques …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing the mechanical properties of high-entropy alloys through severe plastic deformation: A review

M Naseri, AO Moghadam, M Anandkumar… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2024 - Elsevier
High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are one of the breakthroughs in the past decade in alloy
development that have the potential to exhibit outstanding physical, mechanical, and …

Experimental study on flexural performance of prestressed concrete beams strengthened by Fe-SMA plates

X Qiang, Q Liu, L Chen, X Jiang, H Dong - Construction and Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
Shape memory alloy (SMA) is an innovative intelligent material, capable of restoring its
shape before deformation upon reaching the critical activation temperature. This property …

Microstructures and mechanical properties of Invar/MnCu functionally graded material fabricated by directed energy deposition

W Fan, C Zhang, H Tan, Y Wang, Y Peng… - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Directed energy deposition (DED) is an ideal approach for the direct fabrication of metallic
functionally graded materials (FGMs) and has attracted great interest during the past …

Theoretical and experimental study on a dual-stage variable stiffness friction damper for satellite flywheel

H Liu, L Mao, T Wang, Y Hou - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2023 - Elsevier
Micro-vibration reduction devices are widely utilized to mitigate disturbances from on-board
flywheel in order to enhance the performance for high precision payloads in satellite …

[HTML][HTML] From experimental testing to computational modelling: A review of shape memory alloy fiber-reinforced concrete composites

A Tabrizikahou, M Kuczma, C Czaderski… - Composites Part B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Shape memory alloys (SMAs) have unique characteristics, such as the shape memory effect,
which allows them to recover their initial shape after being deformed when stimulated, and …

Structural vibration control based on the effect of acoustic black holes and piezoelectric actuators

T Weimann, A Molter, L Fernandez, M He - Finite Elements in Analysis and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the performance of an integrated control system based on the
acoustic black hole effect and piezoelectric actuators for structural vibration suppression in …

[HTML][HTML] Martensitic transformation characteristics, mechanical properties and damping behavior of Cu–Al–Ni shape memory alloys: A review of their modifications and …

K Rashidi, AB Sulong, N Muhamad, A Fayyaz… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Copper-based shape memory alloys (SMAs) have recently been introduced as a viable
alternative to Ni–Ti SMAs. This is attributed to the fact that Cu-based SMAs are cheaper than …