Shape memory alloys and polymers for MEMS/NEMS applications: Review on recent findings and challenges in design, preparation, and characterization

I Stachiv, E Alarcon, M Lamac - Metals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Rapid progress in material science and nanotechnology has led to the development of the
shape memory alloys (SMA) and the shape memory polymers (SMP) based functional …

Applying full-field measurement techniques for the thermomechanical characterization of shape memory alloys: a review and classification

D Delpueyo, A Jury, X Balandraud… - Shape Memory and …, 2021 - Springer
Full-field measurement techniques are now mature. As such, they have profoundly impacted
the experimental mechanics community in recent years. The way that shape memory alloys …

On the Lüders band formation and propagation in NiTi shape memory alloys

BS Shariat, Y Li, H Yang, Y Wang, Y Liu - Journal of Materials Science & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Near-equiatomic NiTi shape memory alloys are known to exhibit Lüders-type deformation
associated with a stress-induced transformation. Many studies have been conducted in the …

Thermo-mechanically coupled functional fatigue of NiTi shape memory alloys under multiaxial cyclic loadings

Q Kan, B Qiu, X Zhang, C Yu, G Kang - International Journal of Fatigue, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, the rate-dependent and loading path-dependent cyclic deformation behaviors of
super-elastic NiTi shape memory alloy (SMA) are investigated under multiaxial cyclic …

[HTML][HTML] Thermomechanical model for NiTi-based shape memory alloys covering macroscopic localization of martensitic transformation

M Frost, B Benešová, H Seiner, M Kružík… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The work presents a thermomechanical model for polycrystalline NiTi-based shape memory
alloys developed within the framework of generalized standard solids, which is able to cover …

Bending of pseudoelastic NiTi tubes

D Jiang, S Kyriakides, NJ Bechle, CM Landis - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Tension induced phase transformation in pseudoelastic NiTi leads to inhomogeneous
deformation with the austenitic and martensitic phases coexisting. Deformation of nearly 7 …

Spatial and temporal evolution of localized deformation in NiTi tubes in a constant stress thermal cycle: Experiments and analysis

S Tsimpoukis, S Kyriakides, CM Landis - International Journal of Plasticity, 2023 - Elsevier
A novel experimental setup is presented that allows for precise control of thermal and
mechanical loads, and simultaneous monitoring of the temperature and the full-field …

Effects of tension/compression asymmetry on the buckling and recovery of NiTi tubes under axial compression

D Jiang, CM Landis, S Kyriakides - International Journal of Solids and …, 2016 - Elsevier
We recently demonstrated that pseudoelastic NiTi tubes compressed axially buckle first into
an axisymmetric wrinkling mode but subsequently collapse by progressive development of …

[HTML][HTML] Temperature and microstructure dependent tensile behavior of coarse grained superelastic NiTi

E Alarcon, L Heller, E de Prado, J Kopeček - Materials & Design, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, effects of temperature and microstructure on tensile behavior of superelastic
NiTi wires were analyzed. We analyzed cold-drawn NiTi wires of 1.78 mm that received four …

Propagation of phase transformation fronts in pseudoelastic NiTi tubes under uniaxial tension

D Jiang, S Kyriakides, CM Landis - Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2017 - Elsevier
Under tension a pseudoelastic NiTi tube traces a closed hysteresis with an upper stress
plateau associated with transformation from the austenitic to the martensitic phase during …