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Shape Memory Alloy Ankit

This document provides an overview of shape memory alloys (SMAs). SMAs have the ability to return to their original shape after being deformed by heating. This is due to a phase change between austenite and martensite phases. SMAs exhibit shape memory effects and pseudoelasticity. Common SMAs include nickel-titanium alloys, copper-zinc alloys, and copper-aluminum-nickel alloys. SMAs have applications in medical devices, actuators, and engineering structures due to their unique properties.

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Shape Memory Alloy Ankit

This document provides an overview of shape memory alloys (SMAs). SMAs have the ability to return to their original shape after being deformed by heating. This is due to a phase change between austenite and martensite phases. SMAs exhibit shape memory effects and pseudoelasticity. Common SMAs include nickel-titanium alloys, copper-zinc alloys, and copper-aluminum-nickel alloys. SMAs have applications in medical devices, actuators, and engineering structures due to their unique properties.

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SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY

ANKIT RAJ
Mechanical Engineering
Session-2016-2020
Roll No-17/M/64 LE
Gaya college of Engineering,Gaya
Content
• History
• Introduction
• Properties
• Mechanicsm of SMA’s
• Types of Shape Memory Alloys
• Examples
• Application
• Conclusion
History of SMA
• 1938: Arne Olande observed shape and recovery ability of Au-Cd
alloy..
• 1938: Greninger and Mooradian observed the formation and
disappearance of martensitic phase by varying the
temperature of a Cu-Zn alloy.
• 1962-63: Ni-Ti alloys were first developed by the United States
NavalOrdnance Laboratory.
• Phase transformation occur either thermally or mechanically.
Introduction
• A material that can remember its shape.
• If deformed, they recover their original shape upon heating.
• A shape memory has two stable phases.
• High temperature phase called Austenite.
• Low temperature phase called martnsite.
• SMA also exhibits superelastic (pseudoelastic) behavior.
• Through heating they will return to their original shape.
• They can take large stresses without undergoing permanent
deformation.
Properties
• SMA’s exhibit 2 important properties.
• Shape memory effect
• Pseudo-elasticity
• Shape memory effect
• Austenite and Martensite – Two phases exhibited by SMA’s in solid state.
• SMA moulded into parent shape in austenite phase.
• If deformed in martensite phase, the parent shape is regained upon heating.
• Pseudo-Elasticity
• Occurs without temperature change.
• This property allows the SMA’s to bear large amounts of stress without
undergoing permanent deformation.
• Applications: Reading glasses
Mechanism of SMA’s
• Two mechanism to transform between Austenite& Martensite.
• Cooling the austenite transform to twinned martensite.
• Applied load to twinned martensite and undergo deformed martensite.
• Upon heating to deformed martensite it transform to austenite phase return to
their original shape.
Continue…
• To fix the parent shape, the metal must be held in position and heated to about
500°C.
• The high temperature causes the atoms to arrange themselves into the most
compact and regular pattern possible resulting in a rigid cubic arrangement
(austenite phase).
Type of SMA’s
• One way
• Two way
Examples of SMA’s
• Cu-Zn-Al
• Cu-Al-Ni
• Ni-Ti (50 at.% Ti, nitinol, which stands for Nickel Titanium
Naval Ordinance Laboratory)
Application

• Self- expendable cardiovascular stent


• Blood clot filters
• Engines
• Actuators for smart systems
• Flaps that change direction of air flow depending on
temperature(for air conditioning)
• coupling
Conclusion
• SMA’s have the potential to be used effectively in seismic regions.
• The high cost of SMAs is a major limiting factor for its wider use
in the construction industry.
• Their capability to allow the development of smart structures with
active control of strength and stiffness and ability of self-healing
and self-repairing opens the door for exciting opportunities, making
them the construction material of the future.
Reference:
• K Otsuka, C M Wayman, Shape Memory Materials, Cambridge University
press, 1999.
• Introduction to Shape Memory Alloys By P. K. Kumar and D. C. Lagoudas.
• Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of
Illinois.
Thank you

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