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Shape Memory
Technology SFB 459
Special Research Center funded by the German
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Center
for Shape Memory
Technology
The interdisciplinary
"Center for Shape
Memory Technology"
(SFB 459 -
Formgedächtnistechnik)
at the Ruhr-University
Bochum brings together a
team of engineers and
scientists from various
fields for integrative
research in the area of
shape memory
alloys. All phases
of the research,
including alloy design,
mechanical processing and
testing, microstructural
characterization, and
deformation modeling, are
performed using
facilities within the
center.
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nickel-titanium system,
the research encompasses
fundamental studies of
the deformation
mechanisms, related phase
transformations,
corrosion behavior, and
fatigue performance of
these shape memory
alloys. An overall
goal of the research is
to overcome technological
barriers, associated with
processing and design
procedures, in order to
take full advantage of
the functional properties
of shape memory
materials. The
"Center for Shape
Memory Technology",
which started in January
2000 with funding from
the Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft
(DFG) and Nord-Rhein
Westfalen (NRW), received
the second funding phase
in January 2003. In this
second phase, the
research is being
directed towards shape
memory phenomenon at the
nanoscale and
applications for medical
technology. By now a fourth funding phase
has been granted, which started January
2009.
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