Energy absorption of shape memory structures

• Main Author: Koh, Justin Yue Siang
• Other Authors: Liu Yong
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/53972
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This project was conducted to observe the ability of a Nickel-Titanium (Nitinol) Shape Memory Alloy to absorb energy. The samples are in the shape of a circular thin wall tube and qausistatic lateral cyclic compression tests were carried out in a series of loading and unloading test. Force exerted o...