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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND PERFORMANCE
Volume 20, Issue 4-5, Pages 522-528Publisher
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DOI: 10.1007/s11665-011-9854-y
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fatigue; mechanical properties; metal injection molding; porous NiTi; powder metallurgy; space-holder technique
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Highly porous NiTi alloys with pseudoelastic properties are attractive candidates for biomedical implants, energy absorbers, or damping elements. Recently, a new method was developed for net-shape manufacturing of such alloys combining metal injection molding with the application of suitable space-holder materials. A comprehensive study of mechanical properties was conducted on samples with a porosity of 51% and a pore size in the range of 300-500 mu m. At low deformations < 6%, fully pronounced pseudoelasticity was found. Even at higher strains, a shape recovery of maximum 6% took place, on which the onset of irreversible plastic deformation was superposed. Results of static compression tests were also used to calculate the energy-absorbing capacity. Fatigue of porous NiTi was investigated by cyclic loading up to 230,000 stress reversals. The failure mechanisms responsible for a reduction of shape recovery after an increased number of load cycles are discussed.
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