NiTi is an increasingly applied material in industrial applications. However, the difficulties
faced when welding and joining is required, limits its broader use in the production of …

Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation (laser) is a coherent and
monochromatic source of electromagnetic radiation that can propagate in a straight line with …

Abstract Wire and Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) was used for fabrication of NiTi parts
using a commercialy available Ni-rich NiTi wire as the feedstock material. The as-built parts …

Dissimilar metals of NiTiNb shape memory alloy and Ti6Al4V alloy with a same thickness of
0.2 mm were joined by micro laser welding. The effect of laser power on crack sensitivity of …

NiTi shape memory alloys (SMA) are broadly employed in multifunctional systems in several
industrial domains, like aerospace, automotive, biomedical and power plants. Their …

Dissimilar joining of advanced engineering alloys is fundamental for the development of
new applications. However, joining two distinct materials poses difficulties owing to the …

Abstract Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing (UAM) is a new rapid prototyping process for
creating metal-matrix composites at or near room temperature. The low process …

Fabrication of bulk NiTi alloy parts by conventional processing contains undesirable
intermetallic phases in varying proportions depending on the composition and requires …

Nowadays, thanks to the growing interest regarding the manufacturing of 3D complex parts
with integrated functionalities, the additive manufacturing of NiTi shape memory alloy is a …

High temperature shape memory alloys are currently attracting significant attention by the
aerospace industry due to the potential use of shape memory and superelastic properties at …