Shape restoration using shape memory materials

• Main Author: Lim, Chuan Kai.
• Other Authors: Huang Weimin
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Metallic materials::Alloys
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15533
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This project involved the investigation of NiTi’s shape memory capabilities when applied externally to a cracked beam sample. Since it was not feasible to obtain life-size or actual concrete beams, samples had to be scaled down such that the entire experiment could be carried out in the laboratories...