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NiTi-Polyimide Composites Prepared Using Thermal Imidization Process

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We manufactured NiTi plate-polyimide composite samples and analyzed their thermomechanical behavior. The residual stresses formed in the composite result from the shift of transformation temperatures and shape changes during thermal cycling. We demonstrate the use of finite element analysis for modeling the shape changes. The shape changes result from the difference in coefficients of thermal expansion and from the changes of Young’s modulus and of the coefficient of thermal expansion in the NiTi shape memory alloy.

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This work has been supported by the Czech Science Foundation, within projects GA14-15264S and GC15-13174J.

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  1. Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

    D. Vokoun, L. Heller, L. Kadeřávek, M. Svatuška & P. Šittner

  2. Department of Polymers, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic

    P. Sysel

  3. Department of Materials, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

    L. Kadeřávek

  4. Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

    M. Svatuška

  5. Institute of Materials Science, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland

    T. Goryczka

  6. Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

    V. Kafka

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Vokoun, D., Sysel, P., Heller, L. et al. NiTi-Polyimide Composites Prepared Using Thermal Imidization Process. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 25, 1993–1999 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-016-2019-2

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