Open AccessExperimental investigation of thermomechanical behaviour of NiTi shape memory alloy under low-velocity impact loading
Author(s) -
Xiaobing Ren,
Jun Wang,
Yingjie Xu,
Weihong Zhang,
Jihong Zhu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/531/1/012058
Subject(s) - materials science , shape memory alloy , nickel titanium , sma* , hammer , composite material , dissipation , adiabatic process , differential scanning calorimetry , metallurgy , thermodynamics , computer science , physics , algorithm
This paper experimentally investigates the thermomechanical behaviour of NiTi shape memory alloy (SMA) under low-velocity impact loading. The phase transformation temperatures of the NiTi material are measured by means of the Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) method. The impact tests are carried out on a drop hammer impact system, wherein force sensor and infrared camera are used to capture the thermomechanical behaviour of NiTi SMA. Several prime material features of SMA, such as superelastic stress-strain response, stress-induced martensitic phase transformation, residual deformation, heat production and energy dissipation, are observed in the drop hammer test of the superelastic NiTi sheet. Considering the impact test is an approximate adiabatic process, the temperature variation on NiTi sheet is highlighted, due to the latent heat and intrinsic dissipation. This temperature variation will affect the mechanical behaviour of SMA, and therefore bring about complex thermomechanical coupling effect in the low-velocity impact test.