The shape memory effect and superelasticity are usually found in alloys exhibiting spontaneous martensitic transformation. Thus it is hard to imagine that such interesting effects can appear in a system without a martensitic transformation. In this Letter we show shape memory and the superelasticity effect in a nonmartensitic Ti48.5Ni51.5 alloy, which has no martensitic transformation but under...

ISSN: 0950-0839 (Print) 1362-3036 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tphl20 NiTi superelasticity via atomistic simulations Piyas Chowdhury, Guowu Ren & Huseyin Sehitoglu To cite this article: Piyas Chowdhury, Guowu Ren & Huseyin Sehitoglu (2015) NiTi superelasticity via atomistic simulations, Philosophical Magazine Letters, 95:12, 574-586, DOI: 10.1080/09500839.2015.11238...

Rods of Ni-43.5wt% Ti alloy were prepared under various casting conditions. Specimens which were melted in a cordierite crucible and cast in a phosphate-bonded investment mold had less strength and elongation than those melted in a copper crucible and cast in a phosphate-bonded investment mold. All castings exhibited superelasticity at room temperature. The upper limit of recoverable strain was...

INTRODUCTION The main advantage of superelastic nickel-titanium (NiTi) products is their unique characteristic of force plateaus, which allow for clinically precise control of the force. The aims of this study were to define the mechanical characteristics of several currently available closed-coil retraction springs and to compare these products. METHODS A universal test frame was used to acq...

Abstract Superelasticity is the ability of a plastically deformed solid to spontaneously recover its shape upon unloading due stress loading. From discovery in Au–Cd alloys 1932, superelasticity had been believed be limited certain until “organic superelasticity” 2014, which revealed it general phenomenon observed organic crystals along with ferroelasticity—reversible plastic deformability that...

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OBJECTIVE To determine the mechanical properties of commercially available thermodynamic wires and to classify these wires mathematically into different groups. MATERIALS AND METHODS The samples examined were 48 nickel-titanium (NiTi) alloy orthodontic wires commercially available from five manufacturers. These samples included 0.016-inch, 0.016- x 0.022-inch, 0.017- x 0.025-inch, and 0.018- ...

The thermomechanical properties of shape memory effect and superelasticity due to the martensitic transformation and the R-phase transformation of TiNi shape memory alloy were investigated experimentally. The transformation line, recovery stress and fatigue property due to both transformations were discussed for cyclic deformation. The thermomechanical properties due to the R-phase transformati...