Shape Memory Alloy Engineering: For Aerospace, Structural, and Biomedical Applications

Shape Memory Alloy Engineering: For Aerospace, Structural and Biomedical Applications, Second Edition embraces new advancements in materials, systems and applications introduced since the first edition. Readers will gain an understanding of the intrinsic properties of SMAs and their characteristic state diagrams. Sections address modeling and design process aspects, explore recent applications, and discuss research activities aimed at making new devices for innovative implementations. The book discusses both the potential of these fascinating materials, their limitations in everyday life, and tactics on how to overcome some limitations in order to achieve proper design of useful SMA mechanisms.

Dr. Antonio Concilio took his degree in Aeronautics Engineering with honour at the University of Napoli “Federico II” (Italia) in 1989; there, he was also awarded his PhD in Aerospace Engineering in 1995. In 2007 he completed the ECATA Master in Aerospace Business Administration, at ISAE-Supaero, Toulouse (France). He supervised more than 10 Doctoral (PhD) theses. Since 1989 he works as a Researcher at the Italian Aerospace Research Centre (Italia), where he is currently the Head of the Adaptive Structures Division. Since 2005, he is a lecturer at the PhD School “SCUDO” at the University of Napoli “Federico II” (“Introduction to Smart Structures, Theory and Applications”). He is author of more than 150 scientific papers, presented at conferences or published into specialised journals.

Vincenza Antonucci works at the Istituto per i Polimeri, Compositi e Biomateriali in Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy.

Ferdinando Auricchio is professor of Solids and Structural Mechanics at the University of Pavia. He received the Euler Medal by ECCOMAS (European Community of Computational Methods in Applied Sciences) in 2016 and he became Fellow Award by IACM (International Association for Computational Mechanics) since 2012. From 2013 to 2019 he served as Vice-President of ECCOMAS. In 2018 he was appointed as a member of the Italian National Academy of Science, known also as Accademia dei XL.
Major research interests are the development of numerical schemes (in particular, finite element methods, both for solids and fluids, with particular attention to innovative materials), the development of simulation tools to support the medical decision (in particular, for cardiovascular applications), and more recently everything that is related to additive manufacturing.

Prof. Leonardo Lecce graduated in 1971 with honours in Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Naples Federico II where he spent his academic career. He retired from Full Professor of Aerospace Structures, on September 1st, 2016. Since 2000 to 2006, he had the Aeronautical Engineering Department Chair. He has supervised more than 250 Graduation and 20 Doctoral (PhD) theses. He has been a member of the EU Expert Commission for the evaluation of research proposals many times. He has taken up appointment as a member of the Scientific Committee at the Italian Aerospace Research Centre (CIRA) many times, too. He is a member of the Board of the Italian branch of the Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe (ACARE), and since 2006, he is a member of the Executive Committee of the European Association of Structural Health Monitoring. Founder of the ex-Alumni Association of the Aerospace Engineers at the University of Naples Federico II (AIAN), he was its President for many years. In 2013, he was named President of the Italian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIDAA), after having directed the Naples Chapter since 2010. He is currently the CEO of the company Novotech - Advanced Aerospace Technology S.r.L.

Elio Sacco (ResearcherID: G-5349-2017, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3948-4781.) was graduated in Civil Engineering with honor at the University of Napoli “Federico II” (Italia) in January 1980. He was Assistant Professor of Solid and Structural Mechanics at the University of Roma “Tor Vergata”, Associate Professor at the University of Cassino, Full Professor at the University of Cassino; he is actually Full Professor at the University of Napoli “Federico II”. He had several abroad research experiences at Virginia Tech Blacksburg USA, West Virginia University Morgantown USA, Texas A&M University, CNAM Paris France, Aix-Marseille Université. Elio Sacco is Member of Editorial Advisory Board of International Journals and Associate Editor of Meccanica.
His major research interests are: i) Material constitutive modelling: static and dynamic response for cohesive and ductile materials, advanced materials (shape memory alloys); ii) Micromechanics and homogenization techniques: analysis of composite materials characterized by nonlinear behaviour of the constituents; iii) Multi-scale analysis of heterogeneous structures: structural analyses developed considering different scales, i.e. the scale of the structure and the scale of the material. iv) Mechanics of masonry materials and structures: development of constitutive laws, computational procedures for the analysis of masonry structures; v) Analysis of plate and shells: development of models and finite elements.