The effect of grain size on thermal hysteresis is studied in ribbons and thin strips obtained by
rapid solidification techniques. Results show a strong increase of the hysteresis width when …

In the present study, the influence of rare earth element gadolinium (Gd) on Cu-Al-Be
polycrystalline shape memory alloy has been investigated. Cu 88.13 Al 11.42 Be 0.45 …

The effects of rare earth element Sm on the microstructure, mechanical properties, and
shape memory effect of the high temperature shape memory alloy, Cu-13.0 Al-4.0 Ni-x Sm …

With the aim of property enhancement, the grains in a Cu–Al–Ni shape memory alloy (SMA)
were successfully refined by adding Al–La–B inoculant. In order to further optimize the …

In this work, the effects of Be addition on the microstructure and phase transformation
temperatures of Cu–12Al–xBe (x= 0.4, 0.5 and 0.6 wt.%) shape memory alloys fabricated by …

Continuous production of shape memory alloy (SMA) fibers and microfibers is a non-trivial
task due to the challenges associated with their undeformed memory and, for many copper …

The relationship between the parent phase grain size and the B2–B19 martensitic
transformation start temperature (Ms) was investigated in a Ti–30Ni–20Cu alloy ribbon …

In this work, the microstructure and mechanical properties of rapidly solidified Ti 50− x/2 Ni
50− x/2 Hf x (x= 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 at.%) and Ti 50− y/2 Ni 50− y/2 Si y (y= 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 …

In Cu-based SMA alloys, the grain size (d) effect on the martensitic transformation
temperature was investigated for a wide range of d. Specimens were prepared by different …

In this article, the use of chromium (Cr) as a grain refiner for a CuAlBe shape memory alloy is
discussed. Alloys with 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, and 0.5 wt.% Cr were characterized by optical …