EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RECOVERABLE STRAIN ENERGY AND TEMPERATURE FOR TiNi AND TiNiCu ALLOYS

Based on experimental study of the time dependence of the recoverable shape memory effect (SME)of shape memory alloys Ti50Ni50,Ti50Ni48Cu2 and Ti50Ni45Cu5 an empirical re- lationship between recoverable strain energy,U_r,and temperature,T.was derived as: U_r=U_o[1-exp(-mT_R^n)] where m—characteristic constant related to material,and n-shape-temperature sensitivity. The Johnson-Mehl-Aerami's phenomenological description of the time dependence of phase transformation was adopted to obtain a semiquantitative relationship associated with recoverable SME.between thermoelastic martensite transformation and temperature.This semiquantitative relationship is correspondent with the empirical expression.

HIGH TEMPERATURE SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT AND PRE-DEFORMATION FOR Ti_(50) Ni_(13) Pd_(37) ALLOY

The dependence of high temperature shape memory effect on the pre-deformation tempera- ture of the Ti_(50)Ni_3Pd_(37) alloy has been studied.This alloy,of which the reverse transformation start temperature on heating is 620 K,has both one-way and two-way shape memory effects. The maximum shape memory strain of the ahoy may be obtained under pre-deformation in the range of 620 to 640 K.This seems to be related to the minimum recoverable strain energy emerged from the above mentioned temperature range.

Intrinsic two-way shape memory effect in a Ni-Mn-Sn metamagnetic shape memory microwire

An intrinsic two-way shape memory effect with a fully recoverable strain of 1.0%was achieved in an as-prepared Ni50Mn37.5Sn12.5 metamagnetic shape memory microwire fabricated by Taylor-Ulitovsky method.This two-way shape memory effect is mainly owing to the internal stress caused by the retained martensite in austenite matrix,as revealed by transmission electron microscopy observations and highenergy X-ray diffraction experiments.After superelastic training for 30 loading/unloading cycles at room temperature,the amount of retained martensite increased and the recoverable strain of two-way shape memory effect increased significantly to 2.2%.Furthermore,a giant recoverable strain of 11.2%was attained under a bias stress of 300 MPa in the trained microwire.These properties confer this microwire great potential for micro-actuation applications.

Fabrication of NiTi Shape Memory Alloys with Graded Porosity to Imitate Human Long-bone Structure

Replacement of damaged long bones is still a significant challenge in surgery. In the present study, a NiTi Shape Memory Alloy （SMA） constructed with graded porosity imitating human long bone structure was fabricated via a dedicated moulding procedure. The outer layer （porosity 14 %） and inner layer （porosity 52 %） of the bone-like graded NiTi alloy were found to be co-axial very well with the interface with a good metallurgical bonding. Moreover, the compression strength and elastic modulus of the graded-porosity NiTi SMAs were found to be 360.6 MPa and 6.7 GPa, respectively, which have been improved by its coaxiality compared with the one with poor coaxiality. The graded-porosity NiTi SMAs exhibit resembling mechanical performance as human long-bones, and are considered to be better implant candidates for long bone replacement.

Effect of Mo Addition on the Microstructure and Properties of TiNiNb Alloy

The influence of Mo addition on the microstructure and properties of TiNiNb alloy with 4.5 at.% Nb has been investigated systemically. The experimental results indicated that the uniform distribution of Mo depresses the appearance of coarse 13-Nb particles at the grain boundaries and short stripped texture consisting of abundant fine disperse Nb-rich particles appears around the grain boundaries. The yield strength of the alloy was enhanced from 450 to 600 MPa due to the solution strengthening of Nb and Mo and the elongation reached 18% when the Mo content is 0.5 at.%. At the same time, the shape memory effect of the alloy also is improved significantly by the Mo addition. The maximum recoverable strain of the alloy with 0.5 at.% Mo is near 8% and has reached the high level of Ni-Ti binary alloys. This novel high- strength alloy is promising to be used for high pressure tube and the macro-scale coupling with higher-quality requirements.