Laser powder bed fusion of defect-free NiTi shape memory alloy parts with superior tensile superelasticity

L Xue, KC Atli, C Zhang, N Hite, A Srivastava, AC Leff… - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Laser powder bed fusion is a promising additive manufacturing technique for the fabrication
of NiTi shape memory alloy parts with complex geometries that are otherwise difficult to …

Controlling martensitic transformation characteristics in defect-free NiTi shape memory alloys fabricated using laser powder bed fusion and a process optimization …

L Xue, KC Atli, S Picak, C Zhang, B Zhang, A Elwany… - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) was utilized to fabricate fully dense, near-
equiatomic (Ni 50.1 Ti 49.9) and Ni-rich NiTi (Ni 50.8 Ti 49.2) shape memory alloy (SMA) …

Low-force elastocaloric refrigeration via bending

DJ Sharar, J Radice, R Warzoha, B Hanrahan… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Elastocaloric cooling has been identified as a promising alternative to high global warming
potential vapor compression cooling. Two key bottlenecks to adoption are the need for …

Effect of severe plastic deformation and post-deformation heat treatment on the microstructure and Superelastic properties of Ti-50.8 at.% Ni alloy

TJ Lee, WJ Kim - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Severe plastic deformation via high-ratio differential speed rolling (HRDSR) was applied to
the Ni-rich Ti-50.8 Ni alloy. Application of HRDSR and a short annealing time of 5 min at 873 …

Tuning the temperature range of superelastic Ni-Ti alloys for elastocaloric cooling via thermal processing

T Yamazaki, AL Montagnoli, ML Young… - Journal of Physics …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Caloric cooling enlisting solid-state refrigerants is potentially a promising eco-friendly
alternative to conventional cooling based on vapor compression. The most common …

Fabrication, mechanical testing, machining of shape memory alloy-A review

ID Immanuel, M Gangaraju, D Arulkirubakaran… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
NiTi-based shape memory alloys are a part of various applications in the aerospace
industry, civil structures, medical appliances, and automobiles. The distinguished properties …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of laser powder bed fusion and ageing heat treatment parameters on the phase structure and physical behavior of Ni-rich nitinol parts

N Agarwal, D Bourke, MA Obeidi… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper examines the effect of ageing temperatures (400, 500, & 600° C) and times (30,
60, & 90 min) on Ni-rich NiTi samples produced via the Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) …

Experimental investigation of the effects of aging and cryogenic treatments on the mechanical properties of superelastic nickel-titanium shape-memory alloys

S Güven, M Altin Karataş… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
In this study, electropolishing and two different heat treatments were applied to wires made
of superelastic nickel-titanium (NiTi) shape-memory alloy (SMA) and their mechanical …

The Effect of Ageing Treatment on Shape‐Setting and Shape Memory Effect of a NiTi SMA Corrugated Structure

Y Zhan, L He, X Lu, X Zhu… - Advances in Materials …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Ageing treatments were performed on Ti‐50.53 at.% Ni shape memory alloy corrugated
gasket (SMA‐CG) units. The results of phase transition temperature, shape‐setting …

Manufacturing of shape memory alloys

M Elahinia, M Nematollahi, KS Baghbaderani… - Shape memory alloy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The production of shape memory alloys includes many different manufacturing processes.
Each phase is crucial for the final functional properties of the device. They are based on the …