Shape Memory Materials

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Shape Memory Materials

• MEEN 3344
• Stephen Turner

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What is a Shape Memory Material?

• Has Two Crystal Structures
• Change in Crystal Structure
• Thermoplastic
• Displays Pseudo-Elastic Behavior

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Shape Memory Material Applications

• Morphing Wing
• Customizable and Reusable Molds
• Deployable Mirror Mechanisms
• Portable, Deployable Bridges
• Artificial Muscle

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Shape Memory Material Applications
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References

• Cornerstone Research Group, Inc.
• http//www.crgrp.net/
• Flight
• http//www.flightglobal.com/articles/2006/08/15/20
  8463/lockheed-martin-and-nextgen-aeronautics-start
  -fast-morphing-uav-tests-turning-attention-to-atta
  ck.html
• Shape Memory Materials
• http//www.aem.umn.edu/people/faculty/shield/shp-m
  em.html
• Shape Memory Alloys
• http//www.cs.ualberta.ca/database/MEMS/sma_mems/
  sma.html