Superelastic Behavior in NiTi Shape Memory Alloy Wires and Ribbons

Abstract:

Shape memory alloy ribbons in austenitic state were studied in a tensile testing machine in order to assess their superelastic behavior. They were compared with conventional materials and hair wire. The shape memoy alloy ribbon shows a particular behavior, with an ultimate tensile stress of about 1450 MPa reached at 9.5 % strain. The superelastic plateau was recorded around 590 MPa on loading and around 350 MPa on the unloading branch. Following multiple loading and unloading cycles, the superelastic behavior was not affected, nor was affected the ultimate tensile strength, that remained in the same range as for the one tested before cycling. The advantages of the superelastic ribbon compared to the ones of conventional materials are discussed. The superelastic properties of the ribbon are in the range of single crystals on what concerns the recoverable strains. This is attributed to the particular fine microstructure of the NiTi ribbon.

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volume 254)
• Pages: 278-282
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.254.278
• Online since: August 2016
• Authors: Roxana Sprincenatu, Madalin Condel, Sergiu Barbos, Andrei Novac, Ion Mitelea, Corneliu Craciunescu
• Keywords: Fractography, Pseudoelastic Behavior, Shape Memory Alloys, Superelasticity

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