Physical metallurgy of Ti–Ni-based shape memory alloys

K Otsuka, X Ren - Progress in materials science, 2005 - Elsevier
Ti–Ni-based alloys are quite attractive functional materials not only as practical shape
memory alloys with high strength and ductility but also as those exhibiting unique physical …

Recent development of TiNi‐based shape memory alloys with high cycle stability and high transformation temperature

Y Tong, A Shuitcev, Y Zheng - Advanced Engineering Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
TiNi‐based shape memory alloys (SMAs) attract a lot of attention from engineering and
biomedical fields because of their superior functional properties, such as their unique shape …

Stable tensile recovery strain induced by a Ni4Ti3 nanoprecipitate in a Ni50. 4Ti49. 6 shape memory alloy fabricated via selective laser melting

HZ Lu, HW Ma, WS Cai, X Luo, Z Wang, CH Song… - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
We report a stable tensile recovery strain induced by a Ni 4 Ti 3 nanoprecipitate in a Ni 50.4
Ti 49.6 shape memory alloy (SMA) fabricated via selective laser melting (SLM), followed by …

Influence of Ni on martensitic phase transformations in NiTi shape memory alloys

J Frenzel, EP George, A Dlouhy, C Somsen… - Acta Materialia, 2010 - Elsevier
High-precision data on phase transformation temperatures in NiTi, including numerical
expressions for the effect of Ni on MS, MF, AS, AF and T0, are obtained, and the reasons for …

The microstructure of a selective laser melting (SLM)-fabricated NiTi shape memory alloy with superior tensile property and shape memory recoverability

Q Zhang, S Hao, Y Liu, Z Xiong, W Guo, Y Yang… - Applied Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
A selective laser melting (SLM)-fabricated NiTi with superior tensile property and shape
memory recoverability was obtained by using a unique stripe rotation scanning strategy. The …

Improvement of tensile superelasticity by aging treatment of NiTi shape memory alloys fabricated by electron beam wire-feed additive manufacturing

Z Pu, D Du, D Zhang, Z Li, S Xue, R Xi, X Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
For the first time, this work comprehensively studied the effectiveness of precipitation
hardening achieved by aging treatment in improving the tensile superelasticity of NiTi alloys …

Study on the NiTi shape memory alloys in-situ synthesized by dual-wire-feed electron beam additive manufacturing

Z Pu, D Du, K Wang, G Liu, D Zhang, H Zhang, R Xi… - Additive …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, NiTi shape memory alloys were in-situ synthesized by dual-wire-feed electron
beam additive manufacturing (dual-wire EBAM), which uses electron beam as energy …

Selective electron beam melting of NiTi: Microstructure, phase transformation and mechanical properties

Q Zhou, MD Hayat, G Chen, S Cai, X Qu, H Tang… - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent years have witnessed extensive investigations of additively manufactured NiTi alloys
using laser-source techniques. This study reports a selective electron beam melting process …

Influence of Ni4Ti3 precipitation on martensitic transformations in NiTi shape memory alloy: R phase transformation

J Zhu, HH Wu, Y Wu, H Wang, T Zhang, H Xiao… - Acta materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Precipitation of Ni 4 Ti 3 is effective in tuning martensitic transformations (MTs) in
NiTi shape memory alloys (SMAs). However, several fundamental issues concerning the …

Elementary martensitic transformation processes in Ni-rich NiTi single crystals with Ni4Ti3 precipitates

J Michutta, C Somsen, A Yawny, A Dlouhy, G Eggeler - Acta materialia, 2006 - Elsevier
The present study shows that multiple-step martensitic transformations can be observed in
aged Ni-rich NiTi single crystals. Ageing of solution-annealed and water-quenched Ni-rich …