Phase engineering and supercompatibility of shape memory alloys

H Gu, L Bumke, C Chluba, E Quandt, RD James - Materials Today, 2018 - Elsevier
In recent years examples of unprecedented functional and structural fatigue resistance and
lowered hysteresis in shape memory alloys have been achieved by combining conditions of …

Fatigue of Nitinol: The state-of-the-art and ongoing challenges

MJ Mahtabi, N Shamsaei, MR Mitchell - journal of the mechanical behavior …, 2015 - Elsevier
Nitinol, a nearly equiatomic alloy of nickel and titanium, has been considered for a wide
range of applications including medical and dental devices and implants as well as …

Elastocaloric cooling potential of NiTi, Ni2FeGa, and CoNiAl

GJ Pataky, E Ertekin, H Sehitoglu - Acta Materialia, 2015 - Elsevier
Solid state elastocaloric cooling, the endothermic reversible martensitic phase
transformation in shape memory alloys, has the potential to replace vapor compression …

[图书][B] Design of shape memory alloy (SMA) actuators

A Rao, AR Srinivasa, JN Reddy - 2015 - Springer
Shape memory alloys have been fascinating to designers, architects, and researchers in the
past decade. There is something about the uncanny ability of seemingly inanimate wires …

A multi-physics, multi-scale and finite strain crystal plasticity-based model for pseudoelastic NiTi shape memory alloy

X Ju, Z Moumni, Y Zhang, F Zhang, J Zhu… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
A crystal plasticity-based constitutive model is developed to describe the thermomechanical
behavior of pseudoelastic NiTi single crystal. The model includes, for the first time in the …

Improved functional fatigue resistance of single crystalline NiTi micropillars with uniformly oriented Ti3Ni4 precipitates

F Xiao, K Chu, Z Li, R Hou, Y Gao, Q Sun… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Superelasticity is one promising functional property of shape memory alloys. To utilize
superelasticity in application, sufficient fatigue life (ie, for functional fatigue) during the …

Fatigue properties of a pseudoelastic NiTi alloy: Strain ratcheting and hysteresis under cyclic tensile loading

C Maletta, E Sgambitterra, F Furgiuele, R Casati… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Low cycle fatigue properties of a commercial pseudoelastic Ni-rich Nickel–Titanium alloy
have been analyzed. In particular, strain controlled pull–pull fatigue tests have been carried …

[HTML][HTML] Review on structural fatigue of NiTi shape memory alloys: Pure mechanical and thermo-mechanical ones

G Kang, D Song - Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters, 2015 - Elsevier
Structural fatigue of NiTi shape memory alloys is a key issue that should be solved in order
to promote their engineering applications and utilize their unique shape memory effect and …

Tensile and superelastic fatigue characterization of NiTi shape memory cables

MM Sherif, OE Ozbulut - Smart Materials and Structures, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper discusses the tensile response and functional fatigue characteristics of a NiTi
shape memory alloy (SMA) cable with an outer diameter of 5.5 mm. The cable composed of …

Experimental and theoretical investigation of the frequency effect on low cycle fatigue of shape memory alloys

Y Zhang, Y You, Z Moumni, G Anlas, J Zhu… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The effect of cyclic loading frequency on pseudoelastic behavior and low cycle fatigue of
shape memory alloys (SMAs) is investigated. To this end, strain and stress controlled tensile …