108 Shape Fixity, Shape Recovery and Secondary Shape Forming of Polyurethane-Shape Memory Polymer

2006 ◽  
Vol 2006.14 (0) ◽  
pp. 27-28
Author(s):  
Hisaaki TOBUSHI ◽  
Syunichi HAYASHI ◽  
Yoshihiro EJIRI ◽  
Toshimi SAKURAGI
2013 ◽  
Vol 705 ◽  
pp. 169-172
Author(s):  
Xue Feng ◽  
Li Min Zhao ◽  
Xu Jun Mi

In order to develop high functionality of shape memory materials, the shape memory composites combined with TiNi wire and shape memory epoxy were prepared, and the mechanical and thermomechanical properties were studied. The results showed the addition of TiNi wire increased the Young modulus and breaking strength both at room temperature and at elevated temperature. The composites maintained the rates of shape fixity and shape recovery close to 100%. The maximum recovery stress increased with increasing TiNi wire volume fraction, and obtained almost 3 times of the matrix by adding 1vol% TiNi wire.


2012 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 1641-1646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahrul Azam Abdullah ◽  
Aidah Jumahat ◽  
Nik Rosli Abdullah ◽  
Lars Frormann

1998 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Tobushi ◽  
T. Hashimoto ◽  
N. Ito ◽  
S. Hayashi ◽  
E. Yamada

Soft Matter ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (22) ◽  
pp. 4558-4568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruiqing Wu ◽  
Jingjuan Lai ◽  
Yi Pan ◽  
Zhaohui Zheng ◽  
Xiaobin Ding

To enable shape-memory polymer networks to achieve recoverable high deformability with a simultaneous high shape-fixity ratio and shape-recovery ratio, novel semi-crystalline slide-ring shape-memory polycaprolactone-based polyurethane (SR-SMPCLU) with movable net-points constructed by a topologically interlocked slide-ring structure was designed and fabricated.


Author(s):  
G. P. Tandon ◽  
K. Goecke ◽  
K. Cable ◽  
J. Baur

The present study is a baseline assessment of the environmental durability of current state-of-the-art, fabric-reinforced shape memory materials being considered for morphing applications. Tensile dog-bone-shaped specimens are cut along three different directions, namely, along 0°, perpendicular (90°), and at 45° to the orientation of the fabric. The shape memory properties and elastomeric response before and after relevant environmental exposure to water at 49°C for 4 days, in lube oil at room temperature and at 49°C for 24 hours, and after exposure to Xenon Arc (63°C, 18 minutes water and light/102 minutes light only) and spectral intensity of 0.3 to 0.4 watts/m2 for 125 cycles (250 hours exposure time) are measured. Weight loss of the as-received and conditioned specimens is monitored while the dog-bone-shaped specimens are subjected to recovery following fixation. Parameters being investigated include stored strain, recovery stress, shape fixity, shape recovery, and modulus in the glassy and rubbery state.


2002 ◽  
Vol 68 (675) ◽  
pp. 1594-1599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hisaaki TOBUSHI ◽  
Shunichi HAYASHI ◽  
Masato ENDO ◽  
Daisuke SHIMADA

Author(s):  
H Tobushi ◽  
D Shimada ◽  
S Hayashi ◽  
M Endo

The thermomechanical properties of polyurethane shape memory polymer (SMP) foams were investigated experimentally. The results obtained can be summarized as follows. (1) By cooling the foam after compressive deformation at high temperature, stress decreases and the deformed shape is fixed. Stress decreases markedly in the region of temperature below the glass transition temperature Ts during the cooling process. (2) By heating the shape-fixed foam under no load, the original shape is recovered. Strain is recovered markedly at the temperature region in the vicinity of Tg. (3) The ratio of shape fixity is 100 per cent and that of shape recovery 98 per cent. Neither ratio depends on the number of cycles. (4) Recovery stress increases by heating under constraint of the fixed shape. Recovery stress is about 80 per cent of the applied maximum stress. Relaxed stress at high temperature is not recovered. (5) The shape deformed at high temperature is maintained for six months under no load at Tg’60 K without depending on maximum strain, and the original shape is recovered by heating thereafter. (6) If the deformed shape is kept at high temperature, the original shape is not recovered. The factors influencing the shape irrecovery are the holding conditions of strain, temperature, and time.


Author(s):  
Xiaoming Ren ◽  
Guangming Zhu

Abstract In the course of flight, morphing skins play an important role in morphing aircrafts. Shape memory polymer (SMP) with variable stiffness performance is a good candidate material for skin. In this paper, a series of SMP morphing skins were prepared from hydro-epoxy resin (HEP), carboxyl-terminated butadiene acrylonitrile (CTBN) and maleic anhydride (MA). By adjusting molecular weight and content of CTBN, in-plane properties and out-of-plane properties of morphing skins can be adjusted. Due to the in-plane tensile stress acting on the skin during flight, tensile test was carried out to study its in-plane performance. After testing, skin can resist maximum in-plane tensile strength of 63.7 MPa. As for the out-of-plane performance of the skin, shape memory test was studied in this paper. All morphing skins have 100% shape fixity rate (Rf) and fast shape recovery rate (Rr). When toughened by CTBN of 10% of 4000 molecular weight with a mass fraction, the skin can recover its out-of-plane deformed shape in 33s. The SMP skins were proved to be a promising candidate for morphing skins.


2008 ◽  
Vol 47-50 ◽  
pp. 714-717 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Lan ◽  
Jin Song Leng ◽  
Yan Ju Liu ◽  
Shan Yi Du

A new system of thermoset styrene-based shape-memory polymer (SMP) filled with carbon black (CB) is investigated. To realize the electroactive stimuli of SMP, the electrical conductivity of SMP filled with various amounts of CB is characterized. The percolation threshold of electrically conductive SMP filled with CB is about 3% (volume fraction of CB), which is much lower than many other electrically conductive polymers. When applying a voltage of 30V, the shape recovery process of SMP/CB(10 vol%) can be realized in about 100s. In addition, the thermomechanical properties are also characterized by differential scanning calorimetery (DSC).


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