Shape Memory and Superelasticity

期刊简介：The Shape Memory and Superelasticity journal invites original peer-reviewed papers that focus on shape memory materials research with contributions from materials science, materials engineering, experimental and theoretical mechanics, mathematics and physics. Of particular interest is to understand the response of these materials to   external stimuli such as force, displacement, temperature, magnetic fields, irradiation, corrosive media and so on in pursuit of uncovering new phenomenon, new materials and new applications as follows: (i) the journal papers will examine these materials utilizing the principles of continuum mechanics, micromechanics, microstructuraly informed constitutive modeling, atomistic models, mathematics of microstructures and other methodologies. (ii) the development  and use of advanced experimental techniques to expose and understand the shape memory response including thermal and mechanical cycling, application of magnetic and other external fields,  (iii) the exploration and further understanding of  shape memory materials due to fatigue, fracture and environmental factors are of significant interest,  (iv) novel applications of the materials will be explored in all areas including bio-medical devices, actuators, thin films, robotics, mechanical and aerospace engineering components, civil engineering structures, and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS).  Specifically, the journal will include the following topics: (1) Behavior of all classes of shape memory materials including metals, non-metals (such as shape memory ceramics, shape memory polymers) and shape memory composites, (2) Stress-strain response in thermo-mechanical loadings (experimental observations and modeling), (3) Life prediction methodologies (different approaches including fracture mechanics, role of grain boundaries, the role of slip and twinning on shape memory behavior, crack nucleation modeling), (4) Thermodynamics of the transformation, the fundamentals of superelasticity and related areas such as twinning, detwinning, residual martensites, (5) Solutions of shape memory problems in industry (including biomedical, electronic,  MEMS, microdevice and microactuator applications and applications in aero-, civil-, mechanical, electrical and other engineering disciplines),  (6) Critical experiments that shed insight into shape memory behavior including digital image correlation, diffraction methodologies (including those using high energy sources), in-situ microscopy, infra red imaging techniques,  and conventional and nano mechanical testing methods,   (7) Novel experimental techniques for shape memory response (ranging from specimens of micron size, wires, laboratory specimens, rings, bent beams, complex shapes to components, and complex loading conditions), (8) Single Crystals and polycrystals of shape memory metals highlighting the role of texture and orientation effects on superelasticity and recoverable strain levels,  and the role of different processing methods on the SMA response, (9) Shape memory response under coupled mechanical-magnetic fields, irradiation effects, magnetic shape memory and thermo-caloric effects, high temperature applications, (10) Alloy design (with cognizance of the chemical composition of underlying phases and crystallography) to tailor the properties to achieve shape memory materials with improved functionality in applications, (11) Surface engineering, corrosion and interaction of SMAs with fluids, behavior of shape memory thin films, and shape memory at nanoscale, (12) Application of atomistic methods (density functional theory and molecular dynamics) to gain insight into properties of such materials and enlighten shape memory alloy design with these materials, (13) Production and processing of shape memory alloys, including shape memory metals, shape memory polymers, shape memory ceramics, thin films, nanosize objects and specimens, and hybrids.  Niche-  The Journal of Shape Memory and Superelasticity supplies the readers with knowledge focused on shape memory materials and highlighting contributions that could influence other disciplinary fields in engineering, sciences,  and medicine.  The journal brings together the latest innovations in this ever-expanding field. The journal provides a forum for researchers, scientists and engineers of varied disciplines to access information about shape memory materials. The journal is aimed at disclosing the most pertinent needs in this area and providing a systematic approach to address these needs with experiments, theory  and simulation. Articles are authored to describe results from original research and provide technical information that can be appreciated by readers in the subdisciplines while providing significant results that may foster research in applications and related areas.  Therefore, the information provided can be utilized in many different disciplines, including medical device design, energy harvesting, structural damping and so on.

【译文】形状记忆和超弹性期刊邀请原创同行评审论文，重点关注形状记忆材料研究，涉及材料科学、材料工程、实验和理论力学、数学和物理学。特别感兴趣的是了解这些材料对外部刺激（如力、位移、温度、磁场、辐照、腐蚀介质等）的反应，以揭示新的现象、新材料和新应用，如下：（i）期刊论文将利用连续介质力学、微观力学、基于微观结构的本构模型、原子模型、微观结构数学和其他方法来研究这些材料。（ii）开发和利用先进的实验技术来揭示和理解形状记忆响应，包括热和机械循环、应用磁场和其他外部场。（iii）由于疲劳、断裂和环境因素，对形状记忆材料的探索和进一步理解具有重要意义。（iv）将在所有领域探索新材料的应用，包括生物医学设备、执行器、薄膜、机器人、机械和航空航天工程组件、土木工程结构和微机电系统（MEMS）。（v）具体包括以下主题：（1）所有类别的形状记忆材料（包括金属、非金属（如形状记忆陶瓷、形状记忆聚合物）和形状记忆复合材料）的行为，（2）热机械加载下的应力-应变响应（实验观察和建模），（3）寿命预测方法（包括断裂力学、晶界的作用、滑移和孪晶对形状记忆行为的作用、裂纹成核建模），（4）相变的动力学、超弹性的基本原理以及孪晶、退孪晶、残余马氏体等相关领域，（5）工业中形状记忆问题的解决方案（包括生物医学、电子、MEMS、微器件和微执行器应用以及航空、土木、机械、电气和其他工程学科的应用），（6）揭示形状记忆行为的临界实验，包括数字图像相关、衍射方法（包括使用高能源的方法）、原位显微镜、红外成像技术、传统和纳米力学测试方法，（7）形状记忆响应的新型实验技术（从小尺寸试样、线材、实验室试样、环形、弯曲梁、复杂形状到组件和复杂加载条件），（8）形状记忆金属的单晶和多晶，突出纹理和取向效应对超弹性和可恢复应变水平的作用，以及不同加工方法对SMA响应的作用，（9）耦合机械-磁场、辐照效应、磁形状记忆和热-卡效应、高温应用下的形状记忆响应，（10）合金设计（考虑到基体相的化学成分和晶体学），以调整性能，实现具有改进功能的应用中的形状记忆材料，（11）表面工程、腐蚀以及SMAs与流体的相互作用、形状记忆薄膜的行为和纳米尺度下的形状记忆，（12）应用原子方法（密度泛函理论和分子动力学）来深入了解这些材料的性质，并利用这些材料启发形状记忆合金的设计，（13）形状记忆合金的生产和加工，包括形状记忆金属、形状记忆聚合物、形状记忆陶瓷、薄膜、纳米尺寸物体和试样，以及混合物。