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Nitinol (NiTi) is a specifically manufactured alloy of nickel and titanium, which has the ability to generate significant force upon changing shape. NiTi shape memory alloys can exist in three different crystal structures or phases called martensite, stress-induced martensite and austenite. At low temperature, the alloy exists as martensite, which is weak, soft and highly deformable. Stress-induced martensite (or super elastic NiTi) is highly elastic and is present at a temperature slightly higher than its transformation temperature. The austenite is the strongest, higher temperature phase, present in NiTi.

On an architectural scale, the aim was to introduce actuation not through and external heat source but by utilizing the diurnal temperature variation in the environment. Hot and dry climatic zones which have a considerable diurnal variation in temperature would be the most appropriate to exploit the environmental energy for the efficient functioning of the adaptive system.

The image shows a large span fibre composite shell structure with actuating fenestrations. The shape memory alloys embedded in the fenestrations allow the structure to open and close based on the external environmental conditions. The opening are strategically positioned in a manner in which they do not affect the structural stability at the same time enhance the interior lighting and wind flow pattern.

Mingallon, Maria y Ramaswamy, Sakthivel. Composites and their Applications. Croacia: 1º Edición, 2012. Página 382.  

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