International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering

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2006, Volume4

Issue 2

106 pages

DOI: 10.1615/IntJMultCompEng.v4.i2

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L. X. Wang
MCI, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Southern Denmark, Sonderborg, DK-6400, Denmark

Roderick V. N. Melnik
Center for Coupled Dynamics & Complex Systems, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3C5, Canada

A mathematical model is constructed for modeling the behavior of shape memory alloy (SMA) patches in two dimensions. The effect of phase transformations is included into the model via a specific choice of the free energy functional valid for square-to-rectangular transformations. It is shown that the classical one-dimensional Falk dynamic model, applied to shape memory alloy rods, could be regarded as a special case of the formulated two-dimensional model. The model is analyzed numerically with the method of lines and a series of computational experiments for SMA materials is discussed, in detail, in order to compare the results of simulations to those obtained with conventional one-dimensional models.

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