In situ total strain measurements revealing the strain mechanism of Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3PbTiO3 single crystals

Local transformation strain measurements in precipitated NiTi single crystals

The objective of this work was to determine the effect of composition on the local transformation strain in NiTi single crystals. Using in situ digital image correlation to obtain full-field strain measurements, we revealed that increasing Ni concentration and precipitate volume fraction results in smaller local transformation strains. Comparison of the local strain measurements to theoretical ...

Strain Localization in Ductile Single Crystals?

THIS PAPER is concerned with an analysis of strain localization in ductile crystals deforming by single slip. The plastic flow is modelled as rate-insensitive, and localization, viewed as a bifurcation from a homogeneous deformation mode to one which is concentrated in a narrow ‘shear band’, is found to be. possible only when the plastic hardening modulus for the slip system has fallen to a cer...

In situ Elastic Strain Measurements-Diffraction and Spectroscopy

Strain incompatibility and residual strains in ferroelectric single crystals

Residual strains in ferroelectrics are known to adversely affect the material properties by aggravating crack growth and fatigue degradation. The primary cause for residual strains is strain incompatibility between different microstructural entities. For example, it was shown in polycrystalline ferroelectrics that residual strains are caused due to incompatibility between the electric-field-ind...

Inter-martensite strain evolution in NiMnGa single crystals

Stress-induced martensitic transformations are clarified in classes of NiMnGa alloys which undergo the stress-free, thermal-induced inter-martensite transformation austenite (A) pre-martensite (PM) martensite. This study implements a comprehensive experimental approach, including analysis of the strain–temperature and stress–strain response, which discloses stress-induced inter-martensite trans...