Shape-memory hacks were fabricated in a single processing step ("one-time procedure") by a combination of tensile and bending deformation of a martensitic NiTi-wire. The hacks reversibly changed curvature on heating and cooling in a reproducible manner over 50 thermal cycles. This new type of intrinsic two-way shape memory effect was studied by subjecting the hacks to a beam of high-energy sync...

Reducing pollutant emissions and improving safety standards are primary targets for modern mobility improvement. To meet these needs, the development of low-density steels containing aluminum is a new frontier research automotive applications. Low-density Fe-Mn-Al-C alloys promising. In this regard, an alloy with high content niobium addition belonging to system was evaluated understand possibl...

Microstructural analyses of thermal or mechanical fatigued Nitinol show remarkable similarities and are characterized by an increase in dislocation density with increasing number of cycles. Dislocation bands, which are thought to be due to the effects of moving martensite interfaces, align with the martensite lattice invariant plane. These microstructural effects result in modification of trans...

The martensite steels produced by quenching and tempering has been used for machine structural use. Martensite in ferrite-martensite dual-phase steels (hereinafter, DP steels) also has important roll in strengthening of the automobile steel sheets. Therefore the importance of analyzing the microstructure and their mechanical properties of the martensite has been increased year by year. Many res...

Abstract Thermomechanical processing consisted of hot-rolling in the austenitic region with deformation both above and below non-recrystallization temperature. Immediately after rolling, specimens were directly quenched water to three different temperatures 560 °C, 420 °C room The first two samples, which 560° C 420°C, immediately cooled slowly furnace. microstructure samples mostly comprised u...

A fully thermomechanical coupled phase-field (PF) model is presented to investigate the mechanism of austenite-to-martensite phase transformation (MPT) and crack initiation as well its propagation in pure austenitic microstructures. The latent heat release absorption involved MPT are explicitly taken into account by coupling PF with transient transfer. In order consider temperature dependency f...

Deformation and work hardening behavior of Fe-17Mn-0.02C steel containing ε-martensite within the austenite matrix have been investigated by means of in situ microstructural observations and x-ray diffraction analysis. During deformation, the steel shows the deformation-induced transformation of austenite → ε-martensite → α'-martensite as well as the direct transformation of austenite → α'-mart...

The thermomechanical degradation of blends made from polypropylene and polystyrene, with or without compatibilizer, was studied using an internal mixer coupled to a torque rheometer. The blends processed without compatibilizer presented regular and expected results regarding torque reduction, with evidence of chain scission. The blends processed with the block copolymer of styrene and butadiene...