Journal
ACTA MATERIALIA
Volume 59, Issue 2, Pages 537-553Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2010.09.057
Keywords
Shape memory alloys; Martensitic transformation; Size effects; Microwires
Funding
- US Army Research Office through the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies at MIT
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In shape memory alloys, the reversible phase transformations between austenite and martensite give rise to superelasticity and shape memory properties. Here we systematically study the sample size dependence of these properties and the associated transformations in polycrystalline shape memory alloy microwires with a bamboo grain structure, i.e. where the wire diameter is completely spanned by individual grains. Cu-Al-Ni wires with diameters ranging from similar to 500 down to similar to 20 mu m are fabricated by the Taylor liquid processing technique, and are characterized by both isothermal uniaxial tensile testing and mechanically constrained thermal cycling. We observe size effects in both the transformation stresses and temperatures. What is more, we find that the stress hysteresis in a mechanical cycle and the temperature hysteresis in a thermal cycle both increase with decreasing wire diameter, particularly for wires smaller than 100 mu m. A direct consequence of the increased hysteresis is enhanced energy dissipation (i.e. damping capacity) in smaller wires. We also discuss possible physical origins of the observed size effects, including interface and surface energies, stored elastic energy, heat transfer and internal friction. (C) 2010 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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