Development and validation of thermo-mechanically coupled finite elements for the simulation of the nonlinear time response of multi-layered shape memory alloy beams

• Main Author: Σολωμού, Αλέξανδρος
• Other Authors: Σαραβάνος, Δημήτριος
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Finite elements; Shape memory alloys; Πεπερασμένα στοιχεία; Κράματα μνήμης σχήματος; 669.95

The scope of the present work is the development of numerically efficient finite elements for the simulation of the transient, thermo-mechanically coupled and non-linear behavior of shape memory alloys (SMA)s. Therefore, the work focuses in two scientific fields: 1) the development of an improved...