Abstract: Shape memory alloys (SMAs) have several unique characteristics, including their Young’s modulus-temperature relations, shape memory effects, and damping characteristics. The Young’s modulus of the ...

Abstract: Smart materials have created new paradigms for structural design by introducing new concepts for vibration, damage, and structural control. Shape memory alloy reinforced composites are some of ...

Abstract: A new configuration where induced strain actuators such as piezoelectric ceramic patches or shape memory alloys are attached to a structure at discrete points (as opposed to being bonded) is ...

Abstract: Shape memory alloy hybrid composite materials have demonstrated numerous control capabilities. One such capability is the controlled bending of structures. In this paper the response of a ...

Abstract: Shape memory alloy reinforced composites are an extremely versatile class of materials with adaptive characteristics that may be exploited for damage control, active structural acoustic control, ...

Abstract: This paper describes the design of shape memory alloy force and displacement actuators based upon the thermomechanical constitutive relations previously developed by the authors. Numerical simulations ...

Abstract: General stiffness concepts for effective use of induced strain principles as they apply to quasi-static actuation of structures and devices are presented. The conventional induced-strain actuator ...

Abstract: This paper presents the theoretical development and experimental verification of a system model of piezoelectric (PZT) patch actuators for induced strain actuation of two-dimensional active structures. ...

Abstract: This paper describes a new approach to analyzing the dynamic response of active material systems with integrated induced strain actuators, including piezoelectric, electrostrictive, and magnetostrictive ...

Abstract: The behavior of two dimensional patches of piezoelectric material bonded to the surface of elastic distributed structures and used as vibration actuators is analytically investigated. A static ...