“…These are usually called active laminates, since the SMA fibers or layers may assist in controlling the bending, buckling or post-buckling behavior of the composite. There are numerous studies in which new concepts are employed to model the behavior of these composites (see, for example, Wei et al, 1997Wei et al, , 1998Lagoudas et al, 1997;Su et al, 1999;Gall et al, 2000;Thompson and Loughlan, 2000;Lee et al, 2001;Wang et al, 2004;Ogisu et al, 2004;Shimamoto et al, 2004;Aboudi, 2004, 2006;Taketa et al, 2005;Kimura et al, 2006;Aboudi and Freed, 2006;Freed and Aboudi, 2008).…”