On the coupling between martensitic transformation and plasticity in NiTi: Experiments and continuum based modelling

P Šittner, P Sedlák, H Seiner, P Sedmák, J Pilch… - Progress in Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
Recent macroscopic experimental and theoretical evidence on the stress-strain-temperature
behavior of NiTi beyond the strain recoverability limits (large strain, high stress, high …

Superelastic and robust NiTi alloys with hierarchical microstructures by laser powder bed fusion

S Zhong, L Zhang, Y Li, X Chen, S Chai, G Li, H Liu… - Additive …, 2024 - Elsevier
Nickel-titanium (NiTi) alloys perform large recoverable deformation and can be produced
into sophisticated and customized components through additive manufacturing (AM) …

Effects of texture on the functional and structural fatigue of a NiTi shape memory alloy

WS LePage, JA Shaw, SH Daly - International Journal of Solids and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The effects of crystallographic texture on the fatigue performance of superelastic NiTi sheet
were investigated to assess the evolution of plastic deformation and transformation stress …

In situ, 3D characterization of the deformation mechanics of a superelastic NiTi shape memory alloy single crystal under multiscale constraint

HM Paranjape, PP Paul, B Amin-Ahmadi, H Sharma… - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Microstructural elements in NiTi shape memory alloys (SMAs)–precipitates, phase
boundaries, inclusions, grain boundaries–can be viewed as sources of multiscale constraint …

Influences of granular constraints and surface effects on the heterogeneity of elastic, superelastic, and plastic responses of polycrystalline shape memory alloys

HM Paranjape, PP Paul, H Sharma, P Kenesei… - Journal of the …, 2017 - Elsevier
Deformation heterogeneities at the microstructural length-scale developed in polycrystalline
shape memory alloys (SMAs) during superelastic loading are studied using both …

3D in-situ characterization of dislocation density in nickel-titanium shape memory alloys using high-energy diffraction microscopy

W Li, S Lee, T Zhang, Y Jin, D Pagan, L Casalena… - Acta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Functional fatigue—changes to the material response during cyclic loading—is a major
barrier to the cycle lifetime demands of shape memory alloy technologies. Functional fatigue …

Modeling the pseudoelastic design space of NiTi fabricated by laser powder bed fusion

N Zeleznik, A Hinojos, X Gao, M Nematollahi… - Additive …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work explores the underlying origins for an experimentally-observed correlation
between the cyclic pseudoelastic response of Ni 50.8 Ti 49.2 and the hatch spacing used in …

In situ neutron diffraction studies of large monotonic deformations of superelastic nitinol

AP Stebner, HM Paranjape, B Clausen… - Shape Memory and …, 2015 - Springer
Superelastic Nitinol micromechanics are studied well into plastic deformation regimes using
neutron diffraction. Insights are made into the nature of initial transformation, bulk …

A crystal plasticity-based study of the relationship between microstructure and ultra-high-cycle fatigue life in nickel titanium alloys

JA Moore, D Frankel, R Prasannavenkatesan… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Nickel Titanium (NiTi) alloys are often used in biomedical devices where failure due
to mechanical fatigue is common. For other alloy systems, computational models have …

A micromechanics-inspired constitutive model for shape-memory alloys that accounts for initiation and saturation of phase transformation

A Kelly, AP Stebner, K Bhattacharya - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics …, 2016 - Elsevier
A constitutive model to describe macroscopic elastic and transformation behaviors of
polycrystalline shape-memory alloys is formulated using an internal variable thermodynamic …