A review on shape memory alloys with applications to morphing aircraft

S Barbarino, EIS Flores, RM Ajaj… - Smart materials and …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Shape memory alloys (SMAs) are a unique class of metallic materials with the ability to
recover their original shape at certain characteristic temperatures (shape memory effect) …

On the coupling between martensitic transformation and plasticity in NiTi: Experiments and continuum based modelling

P Šittner, P Sedlák, H Seiner, P Sedmák, J Pilch… - Progress in Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
Recent macroscopic experimental and theoretical evidence on the stress-strain-temperature
behavior of NiTi beyond the strain recoverability limits (large strain, high stress, high …

Superelasticity degradation of NiTi shape memory alloy in wide ranges of temperature and loading level: Experimental observation and micromechanical constitutive …

D Song, C Yu, C Zhang, G Kang - International Journal of Plasticity, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, cyclic tension-unloading tests with different peak strains (10%-18%) in the
temperature range from 313 K to 393 K are performed to investigate the effects of …

Transmission electron microscopy investigation of dislocation slip during superelastic cycling of Ni–Ti wires

R Delville, B Malard, J Pilch, P Sittner… - International Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Superelastic deformation of thin Ni–Ti wires containing various nanograined microstructures
was investigated by tensile cyclic loading with in situ evaluation of electric resistivity. Defects …

Phase field study on the microscopic mechanism of grain size dependent cyclic degradation of super-elasticity and shape memory effect in nano-polycrystalline NiTi …

B Xu, C Yu, G Kang - International Journal of Plasticity, 2021 - Elsevier
A non-isothermal and crystal plasticity based phase field model was established by
incorporating various inelastic deformation mechanisms, ie, martensite transformation …

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 …

On multiaxial creep–fatigue considering the non-proportional loading effect: Constitutive modeling, deformation mechanism, and life prediction

XU Le, W Run-Zi, W Ji, HE Lei, I Takamoto… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, a series of strain-controlled fatigue and creep–fatigue tests under
proportional/non-proportional loadings were performed for type 304 stainless steel at 873 K …

Thermomechanical coupling in shape memory alloys under cyclic loadings: experimental analysis and constitutive modeling

C Morin, Z Moumni, W Zaki - International Journal of Plasticity, 2011 - Elsevier
In this paper, we examine the influence of thermomechanical coupling on the behavior of
superelastic shape memory alloys subjected to cyclic loading at different loading rates …

Experimental observations on rate-dependent cyclic deformation of super-elastic NiTi shape memory alloy

Q Kan, C Yu, G Kang, J Li, W Yan - Mechanics of Materials, 2016 - Elsevier
Based on the strain-controlled cyclic tension-unloading tests at various strain rates (3.3× 10−
4–3.3× 10− 2/s), the effect of strain rate on the uniaxial cyclic deformation of a super-elastic …

A thermomechanically coupled finite-strain constitutive model for cyclic pseudoelasticity of polycrystalline shape memory alloys

J Wang, Z Moumni, W Zhang - International Journal of Plasticity, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper presents a new 3D thermomechanical finite-strain constitutive model for cyclic
pseudoelasticity of polycrystalline shape memory alloys (SMAs). The model considers four …