Abstract
The Selected Shape-Memory Characteristics of the Ni-Ti Alloy in Thermo-Mechanical Loading ConditionsThis paper deals with the testing work to examine some selected shape-memory characteristics (mainly recovery and permanent strains) in the Ni-Ti alloy during the thermomechanical cycling. The variations of shape memory effect (SME) were assessed using a special bending set-up, and discussed with respect to different thermo-mechanical loading profiles. The required phase-transformation temperatures of the alloy under examination were achieved by applying the annealing process at different temperatures for different times. The phase transformation behavior was observed using a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). The X-ray diffractometry (XRD) was employed to identify phases present after the annealing heat treatment. It was found that the nature of a transformation cycle during two applied thermo-mechanical loading profiles (especially, the stress during reverse phase transformation), and also changes developed in the microstructure of a cycled material can affect behavior of strains.
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