This book is an important reference for students, practicing engineers and researchers who study shape memory alloys in the areas of mechanical, civil and aerospace engineering as well as materials science.
Chao Yu is Professor of Mechanics at Southwest Jiaotong University, China. He received his Ph.D. in Solid Mechanics from Southwest Jiaotong University in 2015. At present, he is Member of Intelligent Composite Materials Special Committee of Chinese Society of Composite Materials. His research activities focus on multi-field coupled constitutive models of materials, including shape memory alloys, ferromagnetic shape memory alloys and polymers.
Qianhua Kan is Professor and Deputy Director of the School of Mechanics and Engineering at Southwest Jiaotong University, China. He received his Ph.D. in Solid Mechanics from Southwest Jiaotong University in 2009. At present, he serves as Member of the Youth Working Committee and the 5th History and Methodology of Mechanics Specialized Committee of Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Member of the Intelligent Composite Materials Special Committee of Chinese Society of Composite Materials, Vice Chairman of Youth Working Committee of Sichuan Society in Mechanics, etc. His interested research fields include multi-coupled cyclic plasticity and fatigue failure of engineering materials, wheel-rail rolling contact fatigue, as well as the thermo-mechanically coupled fatigue of smart materials.