Papers by Keyword: Stress Induced Martensite

Abstract: Fe-14 Mn-6 Si-9 Cr-5 Ni (mass. %) shape memory alloys (SMAs) were produced from raw powders employed both in initial commercial state and in a mixture state of equal fractions of commercial and mechanically alloyed (MA’d) particles. After blending, pressing and sintering, powder compacts were hot rolled (HR’d) and solution treated (ST’d) before being machined into plane-parallel lamellas. Specimens with special geometry were pre-strained on a tensile testing machine. By means of X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) the presence of ε hexagonal close packed and α’ body center cubic stress induced martensites was revealed and their thermally induced reversion to γ face center cubic austenite was evaluated by modulated differential scanning calorimetry (MDSC). The results enabled the study of the influence of MA, HR, ST and pre-straining on phase structure and associated on shape memory effect (SME). The lamellas were hot formed into rings, which were trained in bending. Diameter reduction of trained enlarged rings, on heating, was monitored by cinematographic analysis.

Abstract: Shape memory alloy (SMA) can be embedded into a host material to achieve shape control, damage repair and self-adaption. It is well recognized that the applications of SMA composites are highly dependent on the integrity of SMA fiber-matrix interface. However, the interfacial debonding often occurs due to the weak bonding of interface between the SMA wire and its surrounding matrix. Therefore, it is necessary to improve interfacial strength of SMA composites. In present paper, the epoxy resin is functionalized by mixing different amount of silane coupling agent to improve the interfacial adhesion of SMA fiber reinforced epoxy matrix composite. The single fiber pull-out test is carried out to evaluate the interfacial strength and the test results indicate that the interfacial strength of SMA composite is improved significantly as compared to the results from unfunctionalized samples.

Abstract: The ductility of Cu – Al – Mn shape memory alloys at room temperature depends on the aluminium content. High aluminium contents make Cu – Al – Mn very brittle and unsuitable for plastic shaping. Two Cu – Al – Mn shape memory alloys were investigated. The ductile alloy CuAl7.8Mn9.5 (all contents in wt. %) could be easily cold rolled by 86 %. The alloy CuAl12Mn4.3 could be cold rolled by only 12 - 14 %. The amplitude dependence of damping of austenitic specimens increased with increasing degree of cold work, whereas the damping of martensiticaustenitic specimens decreased. These observations can be explained by the creation of stress induced martensite and therefore by new moveable interfaces like phase- and twin boundaries, which contribute to damping. Plastic deformation increases the dislocation density, too. Both the increase of dislocation density and the increase of martensite content can lead to a decrease of damping mainly for high deformation degrees. Same shape memory alloys have shown negligible hardness increase during cold rolling, too. This behaviour, untypical for metals, can be explained by the generation of new martensite and by the fact that the hardness of martensite is smaller than the hardness of austenite. Some aging effects of the specimen after cold rolling, which lead to decrease of damping, were detected. This can be explained by pinning of moveable interfaces by point defects and/or retransformation of martensite into austenite.

Abstract: The effect of cold rolling on two-way shape memory was investigated by x-ray diffraction technique and TEM in a Cu-18Al-10.5Mn (at.%) alloy. Cold rolling leads to a preferred orientation distribution on the stress-induced martensite with 6M-structure, which leads to the dependence of two-way shape memory on the specimen directions. The relationship of stress state and anisotropy of 6M-structured martensite lattice inside cold rolling deforming region is elucidated through analyzing the deformation process-related variant selection according to original grain orientation.

Abstract: In this paper the effect of stress induced phase transformation on the vibration response of SMA structures has been studied. To this end, a Ni-Ti clamped-free rod in the superelastic range which is subjected to axial harmonic loading has been considered. Subsequently, the dynamic behavior of the superelastic rod has been analyzed using Auricchio’s superelastic model, which can reproduce the superelastic behavior of the sample during stress induced phase transformation, and Finite Element Method. Obtained Results show that due to the phase transformation the dynamic behavior of superelastic rod is highly nonlinear. Also, it can be deduced that superelastic components with large hysteresis loop has the potential for use in vibration attenuation of structures.