A variable-order fractional differential equation model of shape memory polymers

Zheng Li, Hong Wang, Rui Xiao and Su Yang

Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2017, vol. 102, issue C, 473-485

Abstract: A shape-memory polymer (SMP) is capable of memorizing its original shape, and can acquire a temporary shape upon deformation and returns to its permanent shape in response to an external stimulus such as a temperature change. SMPs have been widely used industrial and medical applications. Previously, differential equation models were developed to describe SMPs and their applications. However, these models are often of very complicated form, which require accurate numerical simulations.

Keywords: Variable-order fractional differential equation; Shape-memory polymer; Parameter identification (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chaos.2017.04.042

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