The martensite steels produced by quenching and tempering has been used for machine structural use. Martensite in ferrite-martensite dual-phase steels (hereinafter, DP steels) also has important roll in strengthening of the automobile steel sheets. Therefore the importance of analyzing the microstructure and their mechanical properties of the martensite has been increased year by year. Many res...

Deformation and work hardening behavior of Fe-17Mn-0.02C steel containing ε-martensite within the austenite matrix have been investigated by means of in situ microstructural observations and x-ray diffraction analysis. During deformation, the steel shows the deformation-induced transformation of austenite → ε-martensite → α'-martensite as well as the direct transformation of austenite → α'-mart...

In this paper we present a walking pattern filter for Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) actuated biped robots. SMAs are known for their slow response. The actuation speed limitation can potentially lead to stability problems for biped robots. This filter adapts the human motion for a SMA biped in order to have a stable walking pattern. The Zero Moment Point (ZMP) is used as a main criterion of the filte...

Irreversible plastic forming of B19′ martensite the NiTi shape memory alloy is discussed within framework continuum mechanics. It suggested that main mechanism arises from coupling between reorientation and coordinated [100](001)M dislocation slip. A heuristic model proposed, showing (201̄)M deformation-twin bands, commonly observed in experiments, can be interpreted as a combination dislocation...

Deformation behavior and microstructure evolution of NiTiCu shape memory alloy (SMA), which possesses martensite phase at room temperature, were investigated based on a uniaxial compression test at the temperatures of 700~1000 ◦C and at the strain rates of 0.0005~0.5 s−1. The constitutive equation of NiTiCu SMA was established in order to describe the flow characteristic of NiTiCu SMA, which is...

The austenite-to-martensite transformation in a partially hardened stainless steel containing 17wt %Cr, 7wt %Ni and 1wt % Al was investigated with Vibrating Sample Magnetometry and Electron Back-Scatter Diffraction. Magnetometry demonstrated that measurable martensite formation can be suppressed on fast cooling to 77K as well as on subsequent fast heating to 373 K. Surprisingly, martensite form...

The present study provides a fundamental understanding of the crystallography and microscale behavior V-enriched Al-depleted α’ martensite taking place during microstructure formation deformation dual phase α + produced in Ti-6Al-4V. This particular exhibits much larger work-hardening capabilities than conventional wrought product. as-quenched structure is analyzed using Phenomenological Theory...

The austenite-to-martensite transformation in a partially hardened stainless steel containing 17wt %Cr, 7wt %Ni and 1wt % Al was investigated with Vibrating Sample Magnetometry and Electron Back-Scatter Diffraction. Magnetometry demonstrated that measurable martensite formation can be suppressed on fast cooling to 77K as well as on subsequent fast heating to 373 K. Surprisingly, martensite form...