Thursday, September 25, 2008: 9:00 AM-10:40 AM
Room C (Palazzo dei Congressi di Stresa)
Session Chair:
Prof. Jose San Juan
9:15 AM
Do the transformation heat effects destroy the superelastic damping?
Dr. Ludek Heller, Institute of Physics Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic;
Dr. Petr Sittner, Institute of Physics Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic;
Jan Pilch, Institute of Physics Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic;
Dr. Michal Landa, Institute of Thermomechanics Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
9:45 AM
Application of SMA Composites in the Collectors of the Railway Pantograph for the Italian High Speed Train
Prof. Marco Bocciolone, Politecnico di Milano (Technical University of Milan);
Marco Carnevale, Politecnico di Milano (Technical University of Milan);
Prof. Andrea Collina, Politecnico di Milano (Technical University of Milan);
Antonietta Lo Conte, Politecnico di Milano (Technical University of Milan);
Barbara Previtali, Politecnico di Milano (Technical University of Milan);
Paola Bassani, CNR IENI Istituto per l'Energetica e le Interfasi;
Dr. Ausonio Tuissi, CNR IENI Istituto per l'Energetica e le Interfasi