Smart materials
- Created by: Alex Stephens
- Created on: 30-05-14 15:49
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- Smart materials
- Shape memory alloys
- Used in spectacle frames as the crystal structure of this composite, once deformed can regain or 'remember' its original shape.
- Advantages
- Superelasticity- extremely flexible so can be bent and 'sat on'.
- Immediately recovers original shape.
- Lightweight and durable.
- Disadvantages
- Not unbreakable.
- More expensive than similar polymer frames.
- Smart fluid/oils/grease
- Advantages
- Improves handling and road-holding as it adapts to the road.
- Better and faster control.
- Disadvantages
- More expensive than traditional systems.
- Used in car's suspension system to dampen the ride depending upon road conditions.
- Advantages
- Shape memory alloys
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