Abstract
Thermomechanical cycles including programming, cooling, unloading, and heating to trigger the 1WE were examined for a shape memory polymer, Tecoflex® (TFX EG − 72D). Cycles were performed at 60°C with 300% strain and a recovery time of 10 min. Strains evolving with time were estimated during the thermomechanical treatments for the total 50 cycles using 300% strain. Recovery ratios for the 300% strain were also estimated. It turns out that programming, cooling, unloading and heating to trigger the 1WE causes an increase of irreversible strain and is associated with a corresponding decrease of the intensity of the 1WE in particular during the first thermomechanical cycles.
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