Exploiting ultra-large linear elasticity over a wide temperature range in nanocrystalline NiTi alloy

Zhen Sun, Shijie Hao*, Genfa Kang, Yang Ren, Junpeng Liu, Ying Yang, Xiangguang Kong, Bo Feng, Cheng Wang, Kun Zhao, Lishan Cui

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Many shape memory alloys can support large recoverable strains of a few percent by reversible stress-induced martensite transformation, yet they behave non-linear within a narrow operating temperature range. Developing the bulk metallic materials with ultra-large linear elasticity over a wide temperature range has proven to be difficult. In this work, a material design concept was proposed, that is true elastic deformation and reversible twinning-detwinning deformation run in parallel to overcome this challenge. By engineering the residual internal stress to realize the concurrency of true elastic deformation and twinning-detwinning deformation, a bulk nanocrystalline NiTi that possesses an ultra-large linear elastic strain up to 5.1 % and a high yield stress of 2.16 GPa over a wide temperature range of 270 °C was developed. This study offers a new avenue for developing the metallic materials with ultra-large linear elasticity over a wide temperature range of 270 °C (from 70 °C to −197 °C).
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)197-203
JournalJournal of Materials Science and Technology
Volume57
Online published2 Jun 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Nov 2020
Externally publishedYes

Research Keywords

  • Linear-elasticity
  • Nanocrystalline
  • NiTi
  • Twinning
  • Wide temperature range

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