[HTML][HTML] Achievements and perspectives on Fe-based shape memory alloys for rehabilitation of reinforced concrete bridges: an overview

X Qiang, L Chen, X Jiang - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Reinforced concrete (RC) bridges often face great demands of strengthening or repair
during their service life. Fe-based shape memory alloys (Fe-SMAs) as a kind of low-cost …

Experimental and theoretical study on mechanical performance of Fe-SMA/steel single lap joints

Y Shu, X Qiang, X Jiang, Y Li - Thin-Walled Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
The activated iron-based shape memory alloy (Fe-SMA) can introduce considerable
prestress in the damaged zone of deteriorated steel structures through bonding …

[HTML][HTML] A Review of Additively Manufactured Iron-Based Shape Memory Alloys

Q Sun, X Tan, M Ding, B Cao, T Iwamoto - Crystals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Iron-based shape memory alloys (Fe-SMAs), traditionally manufactured, are favored in
engineering applications owing to their cost-effectiveness and ease of fabrication. However …

A strength prediction of joints by Fe-Mn-Si-Cr shape memory alloy through strain monitoring during pre-processes including diameter expansion and tightening by …

B Cao, T Iwamoto - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2023 - Elsevier
To guarantee the functionality of the pipe joint in different service environments, the
evaluation of its strength is critical. Typically, the assessment is performed after completing …

An experimental study on strain-induced martensitic transformation behavior in SUS304 austenitic stainless steel during higher strain rate deformation by continuous …

B Cao, T Iwamoto, PP Bhattacharjee - Materials Science and Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the past, it is experimentally revealed that the stacking fault energy (SFE) for the strain-
induced martensitic transformation (SIMT) in metastable austenitic stainless steels is …

[HTML][HTML] Whole martensitic transformation process in Fe–Mn–Si–Cr shape memory alloy by improved characterization of volume resistivity

Q Sun, B Cao, T Iwamoto - Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Since Fe–Mn–Si–Cr shape memory alloy (Fe-SMA) has been discovered, an
improvement of the shape memory effect (SME) is challenged. Numerous attempts have …

Bending fracture strength of the pipe joint using iron-based shape memory alloy (Fe-SMA) subjected to different expansion methods at various deformation rates

B Cao, Q Sun, T Iwamoto - Engineering Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Pipe joints made of iron-based shape memory alloys (Fe-SMAs) are very promising because
of the low cost of raw materials compared to other shape memory alloys. However, their …

Development of impact small punch test for investigating energy absorption

B Cao, S Yoshida, T Iwamoto, HT Pham - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Energy absorption of steel with Transformation-induced Plasticity (TRIP) under bending
deformation needs to be carefully examined at very high strain rates for its new applications …

An improvement of shape memory effect in Fe-Mn-Si shape memory alloy by training process under impact tensile loading

Q Sun, B Cao, T Iwamoto, Y Kaneko - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2024 - Elsevier
The effect of impact-load training on shape recovery has been investigated in an Fe-based
shape-memory alloy. The Fe-28Mn-6Si-5Cr alloy samples underwent repeated training …

Effect of impact deformation on shape recovery behavior in Fe-Mn-Si shape memory alloy under shape memory training process with cyclic thermo-mechanical …

Q Sun, B Cao, T Iwamoto, T Suo - Science China Technological Sciences, 2021 - Springer
In the past studies, it has been discovered that the shape memory effect (SME) in the Fe-Mn-
Si shape memory alloy (Fe-SMA) can gradually be enhanced by a pre-process called as …