Abstract
In situ time-of-flight neutron diffraction and high-energy x-ray diffraction techniques were used to reveal the preferred reselection of martensite variants through a detwinning process in polycrystalline Ni-Mn-Ga ferromagnetic shape memory alloys under uniaxial compressive stress. The variant reorientation via detwinning during loading can be explained by considering the influence of external stress on the grain/variant orientation-dependent distortion energy. These direct observations of detwinning provide a good understanding of the deformation mechanisms in shape memory alloys. © 2008 American Institute of Physics.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 103519 |
| Journal | Journal of Applied Physics |
| Volume | 104 |
| Issue number | 10 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |