Shape memory alloys are well recognized functional and smart materials, which have been exploited to develop intelligent structures and devices in many fields. Of particular importance is its exciting application in the field of biomechanical engineering. In addition, further potential applications of shape memory alloys are being investigated, such as shape memory alloys-based functional compo...

Functionally graded NiTi structures benefit from the combination of the smart properties of NiTi and those of functionally graded structures. This article provides experimental data for thermomechanical deformation behaviour of microstructurally graded, compositionally graded and geometrically graded NiTi alloy components, related to the research article entitled "Functionally graded shape memo...

NiTi is the most used shape-memory alloy; nonetheless, a lack of understanding remains regarding the associated structures and transitions, including their barriers. Using a generalized solid-state nudged elastic band method implemented via density-functional theory, we detail the structural transformations in NiTi relevant to shape memory: those between a body-centered orthorhombic (bco) groun...

Nanofretting behaviors of NiTi shape memory alloy Linmao Qian a, Zhongrong Zhou a,∗, Qingping Sun b, Wenyi Yan c a Tribology Research Institute, National Traction Power Laboratory, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China b Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China c School of Engineering and Information Technology, De...

We report on free-standing NiTi alloy nanowires (120 nm × 75 nm) fabricated using a technique referred to as "nanoskiving", which complements conventional thin film sputter deposition with ultramicrotomy for thin sectioning. To date, the technique has been limited to pure metals without exploring metallic alloys. Leveraging the technique for the fabrication of shape memory alloy (SMA) nanostruc...

Two models for predicting the stress-strain curve of porous NiTi under compressive loading are presented in this paper. Porous NiTi shape memory alloy is considered as a composite composed of solid NiTi as matrix and pores as inclusions. Eshelby’s equivalent inclusion method and Mori-Tanaka’s mean-field theory are employed in both models. Two types of pore connectivity are investigated. One is ...

Microstructural changes taking place during the heat treatment of cold-worked NiTi alloy are of key interest in shape memory alloy technology, since they are responsible for setting the austenite shape and functional properties of the heat-treated alloy. In this work, microstructural evolution during non-conventional electropulse heat treatment of thin NiTi filaments was investigated in a uniqu...

A new powder metallurgy technique for creating porous NiTi is demonstrated, combining liquid phase sintering of prealloyed NiTi powders by Nb additions and pore creation by NaCl space-holders. The resulting foams exhibit well-densified NiTi–Nb walls surrounding interconnected pores created by the space-holder, with controlled fraction, size, and shape. Only small amounts of Nb (3 at.%) are need...

The previous study by thefor the finite element analysis of superelastic, large deformation behaviors of one-dimensional shape memory alloy (SMA) devices is extended to the magneto-superelastic analysis of ferromagnetic shape memory alloy (FSMA) devices. The commercial code ANSYS/ Emag for magnetic analysis is combined with the SMA superelastic analysis program developed by the authors. The num...