Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) wires as activators in polymers & composites

Panagiotis Pappas

Post-Doctoral Researcher

• Diploma in Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics, University of Patras, Greece, 2001
• PhD in Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics, University of Patras, Greece, 2010

Research activities:
• Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) wires as activators in polymers & composites
Fracture behaviour and mechanical properties of composites

 

Representative publications:

  1. Pappas P, Bollas D, Parthenios J, Dracopoulos V and Galiotis C (2007), Transformation fatique and stress relaxation of shape memory alloy wires, Smart Mater. Struct. 16 (6): 2560-2570
  2. Bollas D, Pappas P, Parthenios J and Galiotis C (2007), Stress generation by shape memory alloy wires embedded in polymer composites, Acta Materialia, 55 (16): 5489-5499