Energy absorption of shape memory structures

• Main Author: Yong, Wei Hong
• Other Authors: Liu Yong
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/50354
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This project looks at the energy absorption ability of a Nickel-Titanium Shape Memory Alloy in the form of a circular thin-wall tube. Cyclic compression tests were conducted on the Ni-Ti specimen, where the specimen strain is incremented after every complete cycle of loading and unloading. The energ...