A revisit to atomistic rationale for slip in shape memory alloys

P Chowdhury, H Sehitoglu - Progress in Materials Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Performance degradation in shape memory alloys (SMA) arises due to a gradual loss of
strain recoverability attributable to slip mediated plasticity. The slip-induced changes in …

Functional fatigue of superelasticity and elastocaloric effect for NiTi springs

Q Kan, Y Zhang, W Shi, Y Xu, C Yu, G Kang - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this work, the evolutions of superelasticity (SE) and elastocaloric effect (eCE) for NiTi
shape memory alloy (SMA) helical springs under cyclic deformation are investigated …

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 …

Instability of cyclic superelastic deformation of NiTi investigated by synchrotron X-ray diffraction

P Sedmák, P Šittner, J Pilch, C Curfs - Acta Materialia, 2015 - Elsevier
Motivated by an assumption that the instability of the cyclic tensile superelastic behavior of
NiTi polycrystal is linked to its fatigue performance (number of cycles till failure), the …

On the multiplication of dislocations during martensitic transformations in NiTi shape memory alloys

T Simon, A Kröger, C Somsen, A Dlouhy, G Eggeler - Acta Materialia, 2010 - Elsevier
In situ and post-mortem diffraction contrast transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was
used to study the multiplication of dislocations during a thermal martensitic forward and …

Transformation-induced plasticity during pseudoelastic deformation in Ni–Ti microcrystals

DM Norfleet, PM Sarosi, S Manchiraju, MFX Wagner… - Acta Materialia, 2009 - Elsevier
[110]-oriented microcrystals of solutionized 50.7 at.% Ni–Ti were prepared by focused ion
beam machining and then tested in compression to investigate the stress-induced B2-to …

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 …

Shape memory alloys as an effective tool to damp oscillations: study of the fundamental parameters required to guarantee technological applications

V Torra, A Isalgue, FC Lovey, M Sade - Journal of Thermal Analysis and …, 2015 - Springer
The SMA was studied for their macroscopic application in dam** for civil engineering. The
study is a synthesis and includes an outline of the models required for the SMA simulation …

Impurity levels and fatigue lives of pseudoelastic NiTi shape memory alloys

M Rahim, J Frenzel, M Frotscher, J Pfetzing-Micklich… - Acta Materialia, 2013 - Elsevier
In the present work we show how different oxygen (O) and carbon (C) levels affect fatigue
lives of pseudoelastic NiTi shape memory alloys. We compare three alloys, one with an …

Promoting abnormal grain growth in Fe-based shape memory alloys through compositional adjustments

M Vollmer, T Arold, MJ Kriegel, V Klemm… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Iron-based shape memory alloys are promising candidates for large-scale structural
applications due to their cost efficiency and the possibility of using conventional processing …