Mechanical Behavior of Shape Memory Alloys: 2022

Dear Colleagues,

Over recent years, interest in shape material alloys has continuously increased in several fields, such as aerospace, automotive, naval, civil, and biology. The features that make shape memory alloys attractive are the ability to recover a deformation after heating and the pseudoelastic stress–strain behavior for large deformations, as well as the biocompatibility that makes these alloys extremely interesting for the bioengineering application. To effectively use shape memory alloys, an accurate description of certain characteristics such as the critical transformation temperature and stress values is mandatory. All researchers working on shape memory materials are invited to contribute their work to this Special Issue on the “Mechanical Behavior of Shape Memory Alloys: 2021”, which will cover different topics concerning the behavior of shape memory materials from an analytical, experimental, and numerical perspective. Contributions on manufacturing processes with shape memory materials and smart structures are welcome.

The following topics will be covered in this Special Issue, among others:

• Smart materials;
• Smart structure and devices;
• Piezoelectric materials;
• Shape memory alloys (SMAs);
• Shape memory effect (SME);
• Analytical and numerical smart materials models;
• Smart materials properties and characterizations;
• Self-recovering materials;
• SMA manufacturing, testing, and design;
• SMA thermomechanical behavior;
• SMA thermoelectric behavior.

Dr. Salvatore Saputo
Guest Editor

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