Publication Type : Conference Proceedings
Publisher : AIP Conference Proceedings, American Institute of Physics Inc.,
Source : AIP Conference Proceedings, American Institute of Physics Inc., Volume 1859 (2017)
Url : https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85026364247&doi=10.1063%2f1.4990208&partnerID=40&md5=81a8cf5d412608b1a10b618e45302a92
ISBN : 9780735415331
Campus : Bengaluru
School : School of Engineering
Department : Mechanical Engineering
Year : 2017
Abstract : Smart materials are the advanced materials that have characteristics of sensing and actuation in response to the external stimuli like pressure, heat or electric charge etc. These materials can be integrated in to any structure to make it smart. From the different types of smart materials available, Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) is found to be more useful in designing new applications, which can offer more actuating speed, reduce the overall weight of the structure. The unique property of SMA is the ability to remember and recover from large strains of upto 8% without permanent deformation. Embedding the SMA wire/sheet in fiber-epoxy/flexible resin systems has many potential applications in Aerospace, Automobile, Medical, Robotics and various other fields. In this work the design, fabrication, and testing of smart SMA composite beam has been carried out. Two types of epoxy based resin systems namely LY 5210 resin system and EPOLAM 2063 resin system are used in fabricating the SMA composite specimens. An appropriate mould is designed and fabricated to retain the pre-strain of SMA wire during high temperature post curing of composite specimens. The specimens are fabricated using vacuum bag technique.
Cite this Research Publication : Basavaraj Noolvi, Raja, S., Nagaraj, S., and Mudradi, V. R., “Fabrication and testing of SMA composite beam with shape control”, AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1859. American Institute of Physics Inc., 2017.