Shape Memory Alloys for Civil Engineering (Second Volume)

Dear Colleagues,

Shape memory alloys (SMAs) are capable of recovering large strains, either spontaneously or by heating, depending on their thermal–mechanical state. Since their early development in the 1960s, SMAs have been successfully applied in the medical, aerospace, robotic, and automobile industries. The consideration of SMAs as emerging materials for civil engineering started in the 1990s, and great research progress has been made since then. However, the practical application of SMAs to the construction industry has not been common, partially due to insufficient engineering-oriented design approaches and a lack of effective knowledge exchange between the communities of material scientists and civil engineers. This Special Issue plans to provide an overview of the most recent advances in the field of SMA research and applications in civil engineering. It aims to help remove knowledge barriers across disciplines, and sheds considerable light on the opportunity to commercialize SMA products in the construction industry.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Advanced modelling of SMA;
• Heat treatment strategies for SMA;
• SMA-based self-centering structural elements, devices and members;
• SMA for structural retrofitting;
• Performance-based design of structural systems incorporating SMA;
• Development and application of new classes of SMA;
• New SMA elements and devices.

Dr. Cheng Fang
Prof. Dr. Canxing Qiu
Dr. Yue Zheng
Guest Editors

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