Primary Recipient

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Amount

$600,000.00

Award Date

4/09/2010

Administering Agency

Energy, Department of / Office of Science

CDFA Number

81.049

CDFA Program Title

Office of Science Financial Assistance Program

Description

The goal of the proposed research is to understand the fundamental mechanics driving the deformation and failure of shape memory alloys (SMAs). SMAs are difficult materials to characterize because of the complex solid-to-solid phase transformations that g