The thermomechanical constitutive experimentation of NiTi shape memory alloy strips and rods /

detwinning martensite, as the test temperatures approached

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Howard, Stephen David, 1969-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1995.
Subjects:
Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
Description
Summary:detwinning martensite, as the test temperatures approached
isothermal tensile tests of the strip specimen.
loading and recovery heating of the strip specimens. These
material parameters determined from the tests, were used in
modeling techniques as well as the determination of the
models were then compared to results of the thermomechanical
NiTi shape memory alloy strip and rod specimens. The stress-
strain relationship is analyzed for isothermal monotonic
strain.
stress-induced-martensite was found to increase with test
Tanaka's exponential model, Boyd-Lagoudas unified
temperature on the thermomechanical constitutive behavior of
temperature. These threshold-temperature relationships and
tensile testing of 50.1 at.% Ni-Ti strip and 49.9 at.% Ni-Ti.
tests. An additional phenomenon was observed during
the martensite start temperature. The critical stress for
The purpose of this thesis was to study the effect of
The threshold stress value was found to decrease, for
thermodynamic model, and Liang-Rogers' cosine model. The
thermomechanical models. Three models were evaluated;
transformation bands were found to introduces errors in the
Transformation fronts would nucleate and grow during the
Item Description:"Major subject: Aerospace Engineering".
Vita.
Physical Description:x, 119 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.