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shape-memory material [2 records]

Record 1 1997-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

Building or other materials obtained through the application of material science and structural mechanics to improve technology and implementation of advanced sensors and actuators.

CONT

This new field called "smart materials and structures" offers the prospect of adding effective nervous and responsive systems to houses, office buildings, robots and vehicles of all sorts allowing them, in a sense, to feel their own pain, if not yours. Two of the most revolutionary of these intelligent materials are piezoelectrics "shape-memory alloys" or SMAs.

Key term(s)
  • shape-memory alloy
  • shape-memory material

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
OBS

Voir «maison intelligente».

Spanish

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Record 2 1992-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Materials Engineering

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie des matériaux
CONT

La société aixoise Imago, spécialisée dans les applications industrielles des matériaux à mémoire de forme, va ainsi créer une usine à la Ciotat.

Spanish

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