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Classification and analysis of trigonal martensite laminate twins in shape memory alloys
(2015-05-01)
Tsou, Nien-Ti
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Chen, Chih-Hsuan
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Chen, Chuin-Shan
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Wu, Shyi-Kaan
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材料科學與工程學系
In the trigonal martensite shape memory alloys (SMAs), typically only the well-known classic herringbone pattern satisfies the nonlinear compatibility theory. However, many other interesting trigonal patterns are still possible. Thus, geometrically linear compatibility theory is first used to obtain the full set of rank-2 laminate twin patterns which can possibly form in the trigonal SMAs. There are only seven families of twin pattern, including many new structures, such as checkerboard, toothbrush and non-classic herringbone patterns. These microstructures are confirmed in the trigonal R-phase Ti50.3Ni48.2Fe1.5 SMA. The interfaces separating the seven families and their parent phase (austenite) are also determined and observed. The results show that minor geometrical incompatibility of microstructures can be tolerated in the trigonal R-phase SMAs. Next, a numerical method based on non-linear compatibility theory is developed to evaluate the parameter for measuring the defect of disclination in these patterns. The greater the value of the parameter is, the less likely the pattern could be observed in the experiments. The likelihood of occurrence of all seven families in the typical trigonal SMAs is revealed in the current work. Moreover, 3-dimensional unit cell alignment of the patterns is illustrated. The loading conditions to avoid the disclination are also discussed. (C) 2015 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
The Analysis of Superelasticity and Microstructural Evolution in NiTi Single Crystals by Molecular Dynamics
(2019-01-01)
Lu, Hung-Yuan
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Chen, Chih-Hsuan
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Tsou, Nien-Ti
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材料科學與工程學系
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Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Superelasticity in shape memory alloys is an important feature for actuators and medical devices. However, the function of the devices is typically limited by mechanical bandwidth and fatigue, which are dominated by the microstructures. Thus, in order to correlate the mechanical response and the microstructures, the microstructural evolution in NiTi single crystals under the compression, tensile, and shearing tests is simulated by molecular dynamics (MD) in the current study. Then, the martensite variant identification method, which identifies the crystal variants/phases of each lattice based on the transformation matrix, is used to post-process the MD results. The results with the detailed information of variants and phases reveal many features that have good agreement with those reported in the literature, such as X-interfaces and the transitional orthorhombic phase between the austenite and monoclinic phases. A new twin structure consisting of diamond and wedge-shaped patterns is also discovered. The macroscopic behavior, such as stress-strain curves and the total energy profile, is linked with the distribution of dislocation and twin patterns. The results suggest that the loading cases of shear and compression allow a low critical strain for the onset of martensitic transformation and a better superelasticity behavior. Therefore, the two loading cases are suitable to apply to the NiTi actuators. The current work is expected to provide insight into the mechanical responses and design guideline for NiTi shape memory alloy actuators.