Chaos and Hyperchaos in Shape Memory Systems

Shape memory and pseudoelastic effects are thermomechanical phenomena associated with martensitic phase transformations, presented by shape memory alloys. The dynamical analysis of intelligent systems that use shape memory actuators involves a multi-degree of freedom system. This contribution concerns with the chaotic response of shape memory systems. Two different systems are considered: a single and a two-degree of freedom oscillator. Equations of motion are formulated assuming a polynomial constitutive model to describe the restitution force of oscillators. Since equations of motion of the two-degree of freedom oscillator are associated with a five-dimensional system, the analysis is performed considering two oscillators, both with single-degree of freedom, connected by a spring-dashpot system. With this assumption, it is possible to analyze the transmissibility of motion between two oscillators. Results show some relation between the transmissibility of order, chaos and hyperchaos with temperature.