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Analysis and control of large thermal deflection of composite plates using shape memory alloy
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Abstract
A finite element method for predicting critical temperature and
postbuckling deflection (large thermal deflection) is presented for
composite plates embedded with prestrained shape memory alloy (SMA) wires
and subjected to high temperatures. The temperature-dependent material
properties of SMA and matrix, and the geometrical nonlinearities of large
deflection are considered in the formulation. An incremental method
consisting of small temperature increments and including the effect of
initial deflection and initial stresses for material nonlinearities is
presented. Within each temperature increment, the Newton-Raphson iteration
method is used for calculating large thermal deflection. Results show that
the critical buckling temperature can be raised high enough and the
postbuckling deflection can be reduced and controlled for a given operating
temperature range by the proper selection of SMA volume fraction, prestrain
and alloy composition. |
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