ABSTRACT:The thermomechanical constitutive equations are critical for shape memory polymers (SMPs) in analyzing their shape, memory, and recovery responses under different constraints. In this study, a new physical-based, temperature and time-dependent constitutive model was proposed. The deformation mechanisms of this class of functional materials were explained, and the theoretical predicting values by different models were compared with available experimental results.
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