Investigation on dynamic behaviour of shape memory alloy (SMA) wire embedded composite

Abstract

Smart Material are responsive and intelligent materials. Shape memory alloy (SMA) are subset of a broad class of smart material. The functionalities arise from their underlying microstructural changes when subjected to external non-mechanical stimuli like temperature or magnetic field changes. The study of SMA uses and applications has been done because recently use of shape memory alloy used in the field of the automobile, robotics, medical, Aerospace, Biomedical domain etc. Shape memory alloy can be used for an actuator, sensor, stiffness changer, and damper. The extensive literature survey has been conducted to explore the potential and research scope in this project. This research will help industry to use SMA embedded composite for vibration isolation and damping.