Analysis of SMA Hybrid Composite Structures in
MSC.Nastran and ABAQUS

The data and reports contained here provide guidance on the use of a constitutive model for SMA and SMA hybrid composite materials and structures within the commercial codes MSC.Nastran and ABAQUS.  Theoretical details of the model can be found in the following references.

1. Turner, T. L.: “A New Thermoelastic Model for Analysis of Shape Memory Alloy Hybrid Composites,” J. of Intelligent Matl. Systems and Structures 11(5) 382-394, May 2000.

2. Turner, T. L.: “Thermomechanical Response of Shape Memory Alloy Hybrid Composites,” NASA/TM-2001-210656, January 2001.

Description of the implementation and use of the model in MSC.Nastran and ABAQUS, as well as description of example problems, can be found in the following references.

3. Turner, T. L. and Patel, H. D.: “Analysis of SMA Hybrid Composite Structures in MSC.Nastran and ABAQUS,” J. of Intelligent Matl. Systems and Structures 18(5) 435-447, May 2007.

4. Turner, T. L. and Patel, H. D.: “Analysis of SMA Hybrid Composite Structures Using Commercial Codes,” in Smart Structures and Materials 2004: Modeling, Signal Processing, and Control, R. C. Smith (Editor), Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5383 (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2004) 82-93.

Click here to download a zipped folder containing all of the input and data files necessary to reproduce the results in references 3 and 4.

The following reference gives additional detail on the files contained in the distribution and procedures for their use in analyzing the example problems given in references 3 and 4.  ASCII listings of the input files are also available in this reference.

5. Turner, T. L. and Patel, H. D.: “Input Files and Procedures for Analysis of SMA Hybrid Composite Beams in MSC.Nastran and ABAQUS,” NASA/TM-2005-213517, January 2005.