Experimental and numerical thermo-mechanical analysis of shape memory alloy subjected to tension with various stress and strain rates

TiNi shape memory alloy (SMA) is experimentally and numerically investigated in tension tests under different loading rates. The thermomechanical behaviour of the SMA, related to the stress-induced martensitic transformation (SIMT) noticed during the experimental tests, is analysed and the observati...

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Published in:Smart materials and structures 2014-05, Vol.23 (5), p.1-11
Main Authors: Duni, V, Pieczyska, E A, Tobushi, H, Staszczak, M, Slavkovi, R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer programs
Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties
Cross-disciplinary physics: materials science
rheology
Elasticity, elastic constants
Exact sciences and technology
Finite element method
infrared camera
Intermetallics
Martensitic transformations
Materials science
Mathematical models
Mechanical and acoustical properties of condensed matter
Mechanical properties of solids
modelling
Phase diagrams and microstructures developed by solidification and solid-solid phase transformations
Physics
shape memory alloy
Shape memory alloys
Software
stress-induced martensitic transformation
temperature changes
Tensile tests
tension
TiNi
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Summary:TiNi shape memory alloy (SMA) is experimentally and numerically investigated in tension tests under different loading rates. The thermomechanical behaviour of the SMA, related to the stress-induced martensitic transformation (SIMT) noticed during the experimental tests, is analysed and the observations are considered for numerical analysis. Initiation, development and saturation of the SIMT are monitored by a fast and sensitive infrared camera. The estimated temperature changes of the SMA sample, related to the exothermic martensitic forward and endothermic reverse transformation, have been analysed with the focus on the rate-dependent response and on the influence of the heat transfer on the mechanical behaviour. The effectively modified constitutive model, proposed by Lagoudas, is implemented in structural PAK finite element method (FEM) software and is thermomechanically coupled with the heat transfer FEM software in a partitioned approach. The experimental results are quantitatively and qualitatively reproduced by the numerical FEM model, which verifies the efficiency and accuracy of the proposed investigation method.
ISSN:0964-1726
1361-665X
DOI:10.1088/0964-1726/23/5/055026