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PHYSICS OF METALS AND METALLOGRAPHY
Volume 116, Issue 4, Pages 413-422Publisher
MAIK NAUKA/INTERPERIODICA/SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1134/S0031918X15040158
Keywords
shape-memory alloys; titanium alloys; biocompatible alloys; thermomechanical treatment; structure; martensitic transformations; characteristics of superelasticity; stability
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- State Task of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation [2014/113, 10-01-00409]
- Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada
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The superelastic parameters of Ti-Nb-Ta and Ti-Nb-Zr alloys, such as Young's modulus, residual strain, and transformation yield stress after thermomechanical treatment (TMT), were determined during cyclic mechanical tests using the tension-unloading scheme (maximum strain 2% per cycle, ten cycles). The superelastic parameters and the alloy structure have been studied by electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis before and after testing and after holding for 40 days, as well as after retesting. The Young's modulus of the Ti-Nb-Ta alloy decreases from 30-40 to 20-25 GPa during mechanocycling after TMT by different modes; however, it returns to its original magnitude during subsequent holding for 40 days, and changes only a little during repeated mechanocycling. The Young's modulus of the Ti-Nb-Zr alloy changes insignificantly during mechanocycling, recovers during holding, and behaves stably upon repeated mechanocycling. Surface tensile stresses arise during mechanocycling, which facilitate the development of martensitic transformation under load, orient it, and thereby promote a decrease in the transformation yield stress and the residual strain. The enhancement of the level of initial strengthening stabilizes the superelastic behavior during mechanocycling.
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