Papers by Author: Jiang Bo Wang

Abstract: TiNi shape memory alloys exhibiting high damping capacity are currently expected to be used as structural materials for energy dissipation or vibration control applications. In this paper, the characterization of damping behaviour of a binary TiNi SMA was performed by dynamic mechanical analyzer (DMA) instrument and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) equipment. Damping tests measuring Tanδ, storage modulus E' and loss modulus E" of Ti49.2Ni50.8 binary shape memory alloy were investigated at different temperature, using different frequency and strain amplitude. It shows that quenching rate has a significant effect on the damping capacity of TiNi SMA by exhibiting different phase transformation behavior. Internal friction values (Q^-1) corresponding to cubic B2 parent phase to rhombohedral R phase transformation, B2-R, and R-B19' monoclinic martensite transformation are as high as 0.177 and 0.078, respectively. The occurrence of R-phase significantly softens the storage modulus and thus promotes the damping capacity of TiNi SMAs.

Abstract: Binary NiTi shape memory alloy cast ingots with large scale size are produced by using vacuum induction melting (VIM) in lime crucible, the oxygen and carbon contents are less than 500ppm. Usually, oxygen was introduced into the melts by the dissolution of lime during melting, resulting in higher content of oxygen over 500ppm. VAR + VIM ingot metallurgy is prone to produce materials with a good chemical homogeneity. However, it is difficult for one single melting of NiTi by VIM in the lime crucible. So in the present paper, the segregation of chemical composition and the consistency of transformation temperature in NiTi alloys in as-casted condition along the cross-section area on edge and center, in homogeneization-treated condition, and in as-forged condition along the longitudinal-section area on head and tail, are measured and analyzed by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), OM, SEM, and XRD, to indicate the chemical homogeneity in microscopic and macroscopic scale.