Constitutive models for shape memory alloys have seen significant development in the last
decades. They have evolved from uniaxial, mostly empirical, relations to full-fledged …

Ti–Ni-based alloys are quite attractive functional materials not only as practical shape
memory alloys with high strength and ductility but also as those exhibiting unique physical …

Martensites are crystalline solids that display dazzling patterns at the microscopic scales.
This microstructure gives rise to unusual macroscopic properties like the shape-memory …

Most of shape memory alloys are functional intermetallics. They are now practically being
used for couplings, actuators, medical guide wires etc., and are hopeful candidates for smart …

Molecular dynamics simulations are performed to investigate temperature-and stress-
induced phase transformations in nanocrystalline nickel-titanium shape-memory alloys. Our …

Introduction Theshape memoryeffect(SlviE) appears in some special alloys which
sho_wcrystallographically revers-ible martensitic transfbrmations. The martensitic …

In recent years, shape memory alloy (SMA) thin films have attracted significant attention from
the scientific community and industry for their potential applications in the field of smart …

抄録 Cu-content dependence of the shape memory characteristics in Ti–Ni–Cu alloys has
been investigated by means of electrical resistivity measurements, differential scanning …

Shape memory properties provide a very attractive insight into materials science, opening
unexplored horizons and giving access to unconventional functions in every material class …

The martensitic (also called displacive or diffusionless) transformation is a classical
cooperative phenomenon in solids similar to ferromagnetism. Although the displacement of …