The mechanical and damping properties as well as the shape memory behavior of copolymers obtained by cationic copolymerization of tung oil with styrene with different stoichiometric ratios are presented and analyzed in ...

Shape memory alloys (SMAs) showing the superelastic effect, dissipate energy through hysteretic cycles up to large strain amplitudes, without remnant strains after unloading. This effect is associated with a reversible ...

The SMA was studied for their macroscopic application in damping for civil engineering. The study is a synthesis and includes an outline of the models required for the SMA simulation and some case studies using the finite ...

The effects of high temperature thermal treatments on the hardening behaviour, the damping capacity and the martensitic transformation in Fe66.8Pd30.7Mn2.5 Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloy have been determined by mechanical ...

This study describes two investigations: first, the applicability of NiTi wires in the damping of oscillations induced by wind,rain, or traffic in cable-stayed bridges; and second, the characteristic properties of NiTi,i.e., ...

The mobility of twin boundaries in (at.%) Fe70Pd30, Fe67Pd30Co3 and Fe66.8Pd30.7Mn2.5 has been studied by mechanical spectroscopy. Measurements were carried out in amplitude dependent damping regime. A new model based on ...

The hysteretic damping capacity and high recoverable strains characterizing the superelastic response of shape memory alloys (SMA) make these materials attractive for protection systems of structures subjected to dynamic ...