Advances in Shape Memory Alloys: Theory, Experiment and Calculation
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 December 2025 | Viewed by 500
Special Issue Editors
Interests: shape memory effect; microstructure; martensitic transformation; simulation and computation; mechanical and functional properties
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Interests: shape memory alloys; advanced metallic materials; electron microscopy; infrared emissivity; alternative energy materials; phase transformations; diffraction
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Shape memory alloys, a type of intelligent material that exhibits a unique shape memory effect and superelasticity, demonstrate significant application potential in fields such as aerospace, biomedical engineering, and mechanical engineering.
The present special subject is primarily focused on multidimensional research encompassing theory, experimentation, computation, and simulation of shape memory alloys. Theoretically, it examines the phase transformation mechanisms and constitutive relationships in shape-memory alloys. Experimentally, it aims to develop new types of shape memory alloys and their related microstructures, as well as their martensitic transformations and mechanical and functional properties. Simulation and calculation utilize advanced algorithms to unveil the correlations between microstructures and macroscopic properties.
We sincerely invite scholars from home and abroad in the fields of martensitic transformation and shape memory alloys to share their latest research findings, thereby propelling shape memory alloys from fundamental research towards broader and more in-depth applications and injecting new vitality into the development of this field.
Prof. Dr. Xiaoyang Yi
Prof. Dr. Gabriel A. Lopez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- shape memory effect
- microstructure
- martensitic transformation
- simulation and computation
- mechanical and functional properties
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