Initiation and propagation of localized deformation in the pseudoelastic response of NiTi

John A. Shaw; Stelios Kyriakides

doi:10.1117/12.316850

20 July 1998 Initiation and propagation of localized deformation in the pseudoelastic response of NiTi

John A. Shaw, Stelios Kyriakides

Proceedings Volume 3324, Smart Structures and Materials 1998: Smart Materials Technologies; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.316850
Event: 5th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, 1998, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The evolution of inhomogeneous deformation in a NiTi shape memory alloy under uniaxial tension is studied both experimentally and analytically. Interesting features of stress-induced phase transformation fronts are observed in experiments of NiTi strips. The nucleation of a new phase occurs as a sharp band of localized strain inclined at 55° to the axis of loading. This angle agrees with a rather well-known hand calculation based on continuum plasticity. Under prescribed end displacement the new phase then spreads either by steady-state propagation of angled transition fronts or by an alternating pattern of finger-like features. These features are successfully captured by finite element analyses with a special trilinear stress-strain model having an intermediate unstable branch. It is a relatively simple continuum-based approach which captures the interplay of the material instability and more global structural constraints.

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John A. Shaw and Stelios Kyriakides "Initiation and propagation of localized deformation in the pseudoelastic response of NiTi", Proc. SPIE 3324, Smart Structures and Materials 1998: Smart Materials Technologies, (20 July 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.316850

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