Shape memory alloy (SMA) and other smart materials

University and Industry

  1. Background Theory of Shape Memory Alloy (Michigan State University).
  2. Shape Memory Alloy Damper for Satellite Applications (Stanford University).
  3. Shape Memory Alloy Research Team,Wave Propagation/Damping Lab (Texas A&M University).
  4. Nitinol Robotics Home Page in University of Toledo and University of California, Berkeley.
  5. Rotary Shape Memory Alloy Actuator (University of Waterloo).
  6. Finite-Element Modelling of SMA Devices (Universita' di Roma).
  7. Active Materials Research Group in UCLA.
  8. SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS: FUNCTIONAL AND SMART in Katholieke University Leuven.
  9. SMA citations at NCEER Buffalo,
  10. SMA for satellite (Daimler-Benz).
  11. Snake-Like Robots (Hirose & Yoneda Lab).
  12. Microelectronic Fish Robot (University of Central Florida) .
  13. Shape Memory Alloy Design, Fabrication, and Testing of an SMA Actuator (from NASA Langley Research Center).
  14. Memory metals.
  15. Shape Memory Alloys and APPLICATIONS FOR SHAPED MEMORY ALLOY (SMA) TECHNOLOGY (ESA).
  16. Shape Memory Alloys and Their Applications (history, crystal structures, manufacture, et al.). Good references list for applications. And try here to know How to Making NiTi Springs.
  17. Introduction of SMA Manufacture (Special Metals Corporation).
  18. Dynalloy, Inc .
  19. Shape Memory Alloy Solar Array Deployment Mechanism(Lockheed).
  20. Intrinsic Devices Inc. in San Francisco.
  21. Shape Memory Applications, Inc. Web Page.
  22. TiNi Alloy Company Home Page .
  23. Shape-Memory-Alloy-Based Deicing System Developed.
  24. SMA golf club head ( Pacific Consultants LLC ).
  25. Woven Shape Memory Wires Flexinol.
  26. legs.
  27. Tubular Manipulator OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD.
  28. MARS PATHFINDER / SOJOURNER - Muscle Wires to Mars .
  29. LOW-SHOCK RELEASE DEVICES ON SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS (Phillips Laboratory).
  30. Application of the Shape Memory Alloy in Smart Structures
  31. Shape Memory Alloy Micro-Coil Actuators (Mitsubishi Cable Industries, Ltd.).
  32. Use of Shape Memory Alloys for Structural Damping at USACERL.

Other Smart Materials Groups

  1. Smart Structures and Materials Research Group at University of Texas (Arlington) . You are able to find many other sites working on 'smart' materials.
  2. Smart Structures and Materials Research Center at University of Maryland .
  3. Global LINK on Active Materials & Smart Structures.
  4. Shape memory alloys and smart materials at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
  5. GEM3F in the Mechanical Engineering Dpt., Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal.

Journals

Journal of Smart Materials and Structures

Weldability, Properties and Terminology

Property Weldability Property Values of SMAs Glossary of NiTi Terminology

News of SMA

News Forum Conferences

Persons

Abhijit Bhattacharyya AMR M. BAZ L. C. Brinson David C. Dunand
Jan Van Humbeeck Richard D. James Serge R. Lafontaine Dimitris C. Lagoudas
Perry H. Leo Craig A. Rogers T. W. Shield Nancy R. Sottos
Francois Trochu

For more names, see Rob's collection.

  • Rob's SMA Jump Page.

    • Well you can find many suppliers in USA, Canada, Japan and even European countries. However if you want get SMA in UK, you may order Flexinol SMA from here and even project book is available.