Shape-Memory Materials

• Other Authors: Esther Ares, Alicia (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IntechOpen 2018
• Subjects: Metals technology / metallurgy; simulation, finite element analysis, hydrogels, smart materials, self-healing, phase transformation
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Shape-memory materials are materials that react under variations of electric or magnetic fields, physical or chemical changes, and that when returning to the initial conditions recover their original form, capable of repeating this process an infinite number of times without deteriorating. The chara...