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Recent advances on constitutive modelling of shape memory alloys
- July 3, 2019
- Posted by: info
- Category: News
No CommentsRecent work on the two-way shape memory effect in shape memory alloys has been featured in Mechanics of Materials: A three-dimensional phenomenological model for shape memory alloys including two-way shape memory effect and plasticity
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Advanced simulation for actuation control of smart microfluidic valves
- March 18, 2019
- Posted by: info
- Category: Weekly News
Our CompMech Group member, Ahmed Aissa Berraies, aims to simulate the Fluid-Structure interaction inside a Smart material shape memory alloys microvalve produced by Dolphin Fluidics Srl. He is working, using Computational Fluid Dynamics, on describing the flow behavior before studying the mechanical response.