The Volkov and Evard microstructural model describing the functional properties of TiNi shape memory alloys was modified to simulate plastic strain variation during thermal cycling of the TiNi alloy under constant stress through the temperature range of the martensitic transformation. It was found that a good agreement between the experimental and simulated data was observed if the law for the variation in the critical force for plastic slip have taken into account the non-linear dependence between the variation in critical force and the decrease in this value in previous thermal cycles due to relaxation. It was shown that using a modified Volkov-Evard model allowed us to simulate plastic strain variation during thermal cycling under constant stress through a different temperature range of the forward martensitic transformation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4743-4747
Number of pages5
JournalMaterials Today: Proceedings
Volume4
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017

    Research areas

  • Microstructural model, Plastic strain accumulation, Shape memory alloys, Thermal cycling, TiNi alloy

    Scopus subject areas

  • Materials Science(all)

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