Design and fabrication of smart composites

• Main Author: Tan, Kai Yong.
• Other Authors: Sunil Chandrakant Joshi
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Functional and smart materials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/39883
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In recent years, hybrid composites consisting of shape memory alloys (SMA) and carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) have attracted the attention of the aviation industry, especially since CFRP is widely used in aerospace technologies. CFRP embedded with SMA, also known as SMA adaptive composites,...