摘要 |
A moldable resin for producing a molded part. The resin is reinforced with shape memory alloy (SMA) particles. In one preferred form NITINOL(R) alloy particles are used for the SMA particles. The NITINOL(R) alloy particles may comprise cylindrical, oval or spherical shaped particles. The SMA particles provide superelastic, reversible strain properties that significantly improve the damage resistance, damage tolerance (e.g. compression-after-impact (CAI) strength) and elevated temperature performance of the part without negatively affecting the hot-wet compression strength of the part.
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