| FF | Functional Fatigue |
| GF | Glass Fibres |
| IFRC | Interactive Fibre Rubber Composites |
| MOSFET | Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor |
| Ni-Ti | Nickel-Titanium Alloy |
| OWSME | One-Way Shape Memory Effect |
| PDMS | Polydimethylsiloxane |
| PTFE | Polytetrafluoroethylene |
| PWM | Pulse Width Modulation |
| SMA | Shape Memory Alloy |
| SA | Souza and Auricchio |
| SME | Shape Memory Effect |
| TWSME | Two-Way Shape Memory Effect |
| TRIP | Transformation Induced Plasticity |
| TFP | Tailored Fibre Placement |
| UPFR | Uni-axial Pre-Strain Free Recovery |
| VARI | Vacuum Assisted Resin Infusion |
| WK | Woodworth and Kaliske |