TY - GEN AU - Hesham Hamed Ahmed Ibrahim AU - Hani Mohammed Negmy , AU - Mohammad Tawfik Aboelsooud , AU - Mohammed Nader Abuelfoutouh , TI - The Effect of Shape Memory Alloy Embeddings on the Nonlinear Flutter of Composite Panels Subject To Thermal and Random Acoustic Loads / PY - 2007/// CY - Cairo : PB - Hesham Hamed Ahmed Ibrahim , KW - Shape Memory Alloys KW - Thermal Buckling , Nonlinear Flutter N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Engineering - Department Of Aerospace Engineering; Issued as also CD N2 - In this work , a traditional composite plate impregnated with pre - strained shape memory alloy (SMA) fibers and subject to the combined effect of thermal , aerodynamic , and acoustic loads , is investigated to demonstrate the effectiveness of using the SMA fiber embeddings in improving the static and dynamic response of composite plates.A new nonlinear finite element model is presented using the first - order shear plate theory and von Karman strain displacement relations , assuming thermal strain being a cumulative quantity.The governing equations are obtained using the principle of virtual work UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -