Development and testing an intelligent hybrid polymeric composite beam with healing ability embedded with Ni-Ti shape memory alloy

Thesis (MTech (Mechanical Engineering))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010. === Hybrid polymeric composites (HPC) are widely used for the design of aerospace, automobile and civil engineering structures. One of the major challenges posed by these materials and structures is their brittle...

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Main Author: Mwita, Wambura Mwiryenyi
Language:en
Published: Cape Peninsula University of Technology 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1251