Following their discovery in the early 1960s, there has been a continuous quest for ways to
take advantage of the extraordinary properties of shape memory alloys (SMAs). These …

Metal-matrix composites reinforced with shape memory alloys (SMA, including long fiber,
short fiber, and particle) are “intelligent materials” with many special physical and …

Friction stir processing (FSP) was used to prepare NiTip reinforced 6061Al bulk composites
with the aim to avoid deleterious Al–NiTi interface reaction occurred in cast and powder …

NiTi particles reinforced aluminum (NiTip/Al) composite was prepared via friction stir
processing, eliminating interfacial reaction and/or elemental diffusion. The NiTip in the …

Abstract The NiTip/1060Al composites were prepared using a pre-aging and friction stir
method (FSP) to enhance the low-temperature damping performance of the aluminum alloy …

The single Ni‐Ti particle‐reinforced aluminum–matrix composites have a narrow damping
temperature range and few damping peaks, which limit their practical applications. To …

The use of metal matrix composites is increasing gradually in numerous industrial
applications. As a result of increased demand, accurate and precise machining of the …

NiTi short fiber and SiC particle reinforced 6061 Al alloy composites have been prepared by
pressure-assisted induction heating method in ambient atmosphere. Two different …

In shape memory alloy metal matrix composites manufactured by continuous composite
extrusion the strategies of active property tuning and active strain energy tuning are used for …

Continuous composite extrusion represents a new possibility for the manufacturing of shape
memory alloy metal matrix composites (SMA-MMC). During the process SMA wires are …