Recent Developments in High Temperature Shape Memory Alloys

1994 ◽  
Vol 360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeno Beyer ◽  
Jan.H. Mulder

AbstractThe functional properties of Shape Memory Alloys (SMA's) are used succesfully at present in a variety of industrial and medical applications. The use of these materials in smart structures is now emerging in the field of aeronautic/space technology. Many applications require higher operating temperatures than available to date, or higher cooling rates and/or a higher number of cycles. For this purpose the properties and fabricability of commercial alloys as Ni-Ti-(X), Cu-Al-Ni or Cu-Zn-Al are being adjusted and improved. Other feasible alloys are being developed. The research and development is directed towards the control of the stress, strain, temperature and time dependence of shape memory properties for a stable in-service behaviour. In this paper the various approaches taken up in recent years by academic and industrial laboratories for developing high temperature SMA's are reviewed.

2006 ◽  
Vol 2006 (0) ◽  
pp. 75-76
Author(s):  
Hideki HOSODA ◽  
Toshiyuki KAWAMURA ◽  
Tomonari INAMURA ◽  
Kenji WAKASHIMA ◽  
Shuichi MIYAZAKI

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 798 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuki Hattori ◽  
Takahiro Taguchi ◽  
Hee Kim ◽  
Shuichi Miyazaki

Ti–Ni–Pd shape memory alloys are promising candidates for high-temperature actuators operating at above 373 K. One of the key issues in developing high-temperature shape memory alloys is the degradation of shape memory properties and dimensional stabilities because plastic deformation becomes more pronounced at higher working temperature ranges. In this study, the effect of the Ti:(Ni + Pd) atomic ratio in TixNi70−xPd30 alloys with Ti content in the range from 49 at.% to 52 at.% on the martensitic transformation temperatures, microstructures and shape memory properties during thermal cycling under constant stresses were investigated. The martensitic transformation temperatures decreased with increasing or decreasing Ti content from the stoichiometric composition. In both Ti-rich and Ti-lean alloys, the transformation temperatures decreased during thermal cycling and the degree of decrease in the transformation temperatures became more pronounced as the composition of the alloy departed from the stoichiometric composition. Ti2Pd and P phases were formed during thermal cycling in Ti-rich and Ti-lean alloys, respectively. Both Ti-rich and Ti-lean alloys exhibited superior dimensional stabilities and excellent shape memory properties with higher recovery ratio and larger work output during thermal cycling under constant stresses when compared with the alloys with near-stoichiometric composition.


1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 2288-2297 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Font ◽  
J. Muntasell ◽  
J. Pons ◽  
E. Cesari

The effects of thermal cycling through the martensitic transformation have been studied in three Cu–Al–Ni–Mn–B high temperature shape memory alloys. An increase of the martensitic transformation temperatures with the number of cycles (up to ∼7 K after 60 cycles) has been generally observed by DSC measurements. The microstructure of these alloys is rather complicated, with the presence of big manganese or aluminum boride particles and small boron precipitates, as well as the formation of dislocations during thermal cycling. By means of aging experiments, it has been shown that the evolution of transformation temperatures during cycling is mainly due to the step-by-step aging in parent phase accompanying the thermal cycling, and that the dislocations formed during cycling have only a very small effect, at least up to 60 cycles.


2009 ◽  
Vol 57 (11) ◽  
pp. 3232-3241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunqing Ma ◽  
Shuiyuan Yang ◽  
Yong Liu ◽  
Xingjun Liu

2011 ◽  
Vol 65 (9) ◽  
pp. 846-849 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hee Young Kim ◽  
Takafumi Jinguu ◽  
Tae-hyun Nam ◽  
Shuichi Miyazaki

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