1. Editorial

   • Ausonio Tuissi
   • M. R. Mitchell
   • José San Juan

   EditorialNotes 01 August 2009 Pages: 447 - 447

2. Characterization of Non-Metallic Inclusions in Superelastic NiTi Tubes

   • Alejandro Toro
   • Fei Zhou
   • Wojciech Z. Misiolek

   OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 448 - 458

   

3. Cu-Al-Ni-SMA-Based High-Damping Composites

   • Gabriel A. López
   • Mariano Barrado
   • María Luisa Nó

   OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 459 - 462

   

4. Use of Circular Foldable Nitinol Blades for Resecting Calcified Aortic Heart Valves

   • Florian Hauck
   • Daniel Wendt
   • Heinz Jakob

   OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 463 - 469

   

5. Nitinol Surfaces for Implantation

   • Svetlana Shabalovskaya
   • Gianni Rondelli
   • Markus Rettenmayr

   OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 470 - 474

   

6. Influence of Quenching Rates on Equiatomic NiTi Ribbons Fabricated by Melt-Spinning

   • K. Mehrabi
   • M. Bruncko
   • A. C. Kneissl

   OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 475 - 478

   

7. A Comparison of Chemistry and Inclusion Distribution and Morphology Versus Melting Method of NiTi Alloys

   • George M. Kramer

   OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 479 - 483

   

8. Processing of Shape Memory CuZnAl Open-cell Foam by Molten Metal Infiltration

   • E. M. Castrodeza
   • C. Mapelli
   • A Tuissi

   OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 484 - 489

   

9. Design and Characterization of New Ti-Nb-Hf Alloys

   • M. González
   • J. Peña
   • F. J. Gil

   OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 490 - 495

   

10. High-Temperature Transformation Processes in Cu-13.4Al-5Ni Shape Memory Alloy Single Crystals

    • M. Benke
    • V. Mertinger
    • L. Daróczi

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 496 - 499

    

11. Factors Influencing the Reversion of Stress-induced Martensite to Austenite in a Fe-Mn-Si-Cr-Ni Shape Memory Alloy

    • Leandru G. Bujoreanu
    • Sergiu Stanciu
    • Ciprian Lohan

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 500 - 505

    

12. Optimization of the Ti-16.2Hf-24.8Nb-1Zr Alloy by Cold Working

    • M. González
    • J. Peña
    • F. J. Gil

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 506 - 510

    

13. Properties and Heat Treatment of High Transition Temperature Ni-Ti-Hf Alloys

    • C. Craig Wojcik

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 511 - 516

    

14. Mechanical Analysis of Hybrid Textile Composites with NiTi Wires

    • Elena Villa
    • Sergio Arnaboldi
    • Elena Turco

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 517 - 521

    

15. Embedding of Superelastic SMA Wires into Composite Structures: Evaluation of Impact Properties

    • Silvio Pappadà
    • Rocco Rametta
    • Alfonso Maffezzoli

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 522 - 530

    

16. Mechanical and Vibration Characteristics of Laminated Composite Plates Embedding Shape Memory Alloy Superelastic Wires

    • Silvio Pappadà
    • Per Gren
    • Alfonso Maffezzoli

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 531 - 537

    

17. Surface Form Memory in NiTi: Energy Density of Constrained Recovery During Indent Replication

    • Xueling Fei
    • Corey J. O’Connell
    • Yang-Tse Cheng

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 538 - 542

    

18. Texture Development and Phase Transformation Behavior of Sputtered Ni-Ti Films

    • R. M. S. Martins
    • N. Schell
    • F. M. Braz Fernandes

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 543 - 547

    

19. Properties of Co-alloyed Ni-Fe-Ga Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys

    • V. A. Chernenko
    • K. Oikawa
    • K. Ishida

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 548 - 553

    

20. Analysis of Variant Orientation Before and After Compression in Polycrystalline Ni₅₀Mn₂₉Ga₂₁ MSMA

    • C. Hürrich
    • H. Wendrock
    • L. Schultz

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 554 - 557

    

21. A Study of the Effect of Diameter on the Fatigue Properties of NiTi Wire

    • Dennis W. Norwich
    • Audrey Fasching

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 558 - 562

    

22. Fatigue Performance of Nitinol Round Wire with Varying Cold Work Reductions

    • Jeremy E. Schaffer
    • David L. Plumley

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 563 - 568

    

23. Fracture Behaviour of Nickel-Titanium Laser Welded Joints

    • C. Maletta
    • A. Falvo
    • M. Brandizzi

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 569 - 574

    

24. Influence of Carbon on the Microstructure of a Fe-Mn-Si-Cr-Ni Alloy

    • Khaled M. Mostafa
    • J. De Baerdemaeker
    • Y. Houbaert

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 575 - 581

    

25. Structure-Property Relationships in Conventional and Nanocrystalline NiTi Intermetallic Alloy Wire

    • Jeremy E. Schaffer

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 582 - 587

    

26. Development of Texture and Microstructure During Cold Rolling and Annealing of a Fe-Based Shape Memory Alloy

    • Bikas C. Maji
    • Madangopal Krishnan
    • R. K. Ray

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 588 - 593

    

27. Thermomechanical Properties of Porous NiTi Alloy Produced by SHS

    • P. Bassani
    • P. Giuliani
    • C. Zanotti

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 594 - 599

    

28. Effect of Impact-Induced Strain on the Stress-Induced Martensitic Transformation of Superelastic NiTi Shape-Memory Alloy Wires

    • J. Zurbitu
    • G. Castillo
    • J. Aurrekoetxea

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 600 - 602

    

29. Factors Controlling Superelastic Damping Capacity of SMAs

    • L. Heller
    • P. Šittner
    • M. Landa

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 603 - 611

    

30. Application of SMA Composites in the Collectors of the Railway Pantograph for the Italian High-Speed Train

    • A. Tuissi
    • P. Bassani
    • B. Previtali

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 612 - 619

    

31. Characterization of Transformation Temperatures with the Bend and Free Recovery Technique: Parameters and Effects

    • Masao Drexel
    • Jim Proft
    • Scott Russell

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 620 - 625

    

32. Implementation of the Müller-Achenbach-Seelecke Model for Shape Memory Alloys in ABAQUS

    • Frank Richter
    • Oliver Kastner
    • Gunther Eggeler

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 626 - 630

    

33. Numerical Study on the Influence of Material Characteristics on Ni-Ti Endodontic Instrument Performance

    • Lorenza Petrini
    • Silvia Necchi
    • Francesco Migliavacca

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 631 - 637

    

34. Conceptual Design and Simulation of a Compact Shape Memory Actuator for Rotary Motion

    • I. Spinella
    • G. Scirè Mammano
    • E. Dragoni

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 638 - 648

    

35. SMA Numerical Modeling Versus Experimental Results: Parameter Identification and Model Prediction Capabilities

    • Ferdinando Auricchio
    • Alberto Coda
    • Marco Urbano

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 649 - 654

    

36. Study of a Nitinol Stent Deployed into Anatomically Accurate Artery Geometry and Subjected to Realistic Service Loading

    • Nuno Rebelo
    • Rachel Fu
    • Michael Lawrenchuk

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 655 - 663

    

37. Carbon Fiber Reinforced Smart Laminates with Embedded SMA Actuators—Part I: Embedding Techniques and Interface Analysis

    • P. Bettini
    • M. Riva
    • J. Cucco

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 664 - 671

    

38. Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Smart Laminates with Embedded SMA Actuators—Part II: Numerical Models and Empirical Correlations

    • M. Riva
    • P. Bettini
    • A. Airoldi

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 672 - 678

    

39. Stress-Induced Martensitic Transformation in the Crack Tip Region of a NiTi Alloy

    • A. Falvo
    • F. Furgiuele
    • C. Maletta

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 679 - 685

    

40. Simulation-Based Design of a Rotatory SMA Drive

    • Sascha Dilthey
    • Horst Meier

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 686 - 690

    

41. SmartFlex^® NiTi Wires for Shape Memory Actuators

    • L. Fumagalli
    • F. Butera
    • A. Coda

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 691 - 695

    

42. A Novel SMA-based Concept for Airfoil Structural Morphing

    • S. Barbarino
    • R. Pecora
    • E. Calvi

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 696 - 705

    

43. Shape Memory Hooks Employed in Fasteners

    • D. Vokoun
    • D. Majtás
    • P. Šittner

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 706 - 710

    

44. “One-Module”-Actuators Based on Partial Activation of Shape Memory Components

    • S. Langbein
    • E. G. Welp

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 711 - 716

    

45. Electrically Actuated Antiglare Rear-View Mirror Based on a Shape Memory Alloy Actuator

    • T. Luchetti
    • A. Zanella
    • A. Saccagno

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 717 - 724

    

46. Investigation on the Hysteretic Behavior of NiTi Shape Memory Wires Actuated Under Quasi-Equilibrium and Dynamic Conditions

    • A. Coda
    • M. Urbano
    • F. Butera

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 725 - 728

    

47. Feasibility Investigation of Superelastic Effect Devices for Seismic Isolation Applications

    • G. Attanasi
    • F. Auricchio
    • G. L. Fenves

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 729 - 737

    

48. Damping in Civil Engineering Using SMA. The Fatigue Behavior and Stability of CuAlBe and NiTi Alloys

    • V. Torra
    • A. Isalgue
    • P. Terriault

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 738 - 745

    

49. Shape Memory Alloy Tension/Compression Device for Seismic Retrofit of Buildings

    • Matthew Speicher
    • Darel E. Hodgson
    • Roberto T. Leon

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 746 - 753

    

50. The Effect of Exposure to Simulated Body Fluids on Breakdown Potentials

    • Clifford P. Warner

    OriginalPaper 01 August 2009 Pages: 754 - 759