Numerical modeling and simulation of shape memory allows using the mesh-free method

• Main Author: Ren, Ji
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Production Engineering
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Metallic materials::Alloys
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/6323
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This thesis represents the first instance in which the capability of mesh-free methods for the modeling of shape memory alloys (SMAs) is explored. Being a relatively recent computational tool, mesh-free source codes are not easily available compared with the easy access to various finite element sou...