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Claim · claim:shape-memory-bounded-carnot

Thermal shape-memory effect —bounded by→ Carnot limit

The atlas records this claim as established: the thermal shape-memory effect is bounded by the Carnot limit under the conditions below.

establishedrecord reviewed 2026-09-20

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Conditions

  • applies when the shape-memory effect is operated cyclically as a heat engine between hot and cold reservoirs; it does not bound a one-shot thermally triggered shape-recovery event

Evidence · 2

  1. [1]
    P. Kumar et al.. Shape memory alloy engine for high efficiency low-temperature gradient thermal to electrical conversion (2019)
    Applied Energy 251, 113277 · doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.05.080 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-20 · record
  2. [2]
    A. Bejan. Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics (4th ed.) (2016)
    Wiley · doi:10.1002/9781119245964 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record

Related matrix context

This claim does not itself create a matrix cell. The context below belongs to Thermal shape-memory effect, the phenomenon it is about.

D = disequilibrium row · C = coupling family column. A cell reads the state of the atlas for that pair.

family: Caloric (magneto/electro/elasto) (C.09)
D.01 × C.09 · Temperature gradient × Caloric (magneto/electro/elasto) · Established

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