The effect of employed loading mode on the mechanical cyclic stabilization of NiTi shape memory alloys

• Published in: Intermetallics Vol. 89; pp. 1 - 9
• Main Authors: Dilibal, S., Hamilton, R.F., Lanba, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Barking Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2017; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Austenitic transformations; Digital imaging; Evolution; Intermetallic compounds; Mechanical cycling; Mechanical hysteresis; Nickel base alloys; Nickel compounds; Nickel titanides; Nickel-titanium; Pseudoelastic response; Shape memory alloys; Stabilization; Strain localization; Stress-strain curves; Tensile tests; Thermal cycling; Titanium base alloys; Titanium compounds; Uniaxial tensile test; Uniaxial tensile test; Mechanical cycling; Pseudoelastic response; Nickel-titanium

One of the effective parameters on the characteristic response of the nickel-titanium (NiTi) shape memory alloy (SMA) is the employed loading mode during the uniaxial cycling. In this study, the uniaxial tensile tests are conducted under an extended number of mechanical cycles in order to investigat...