应力作用下NiTi形状记忆合金微结构演化的相场模拟及其本征应变率敏感性

基于Ginzburg-Landau动力学控制方程建立了NiTi形状记忆合金非等温相场模型,实现了对NiTi合金内应力诱导马氏体相变的数值模拟。同时将晶界能密度引入系统局部自由能密度,从而考虑多晶系统中晶界的重要作用。数值计算了单晶和多晶NiTi形状记忆合金在单轴机械载荷作用下微结构的动态演化过程和宏观力学行为,并重点研究了晶粒尺寸为60 nm的NiTi纳米多晶在低应变率下（0.0005～15 s?1）力学行为的本征应变率敏感性。研究结果表明,单晶NiTi合金系统高温拉伸-卸载过程中马氏体相变均匀发生,未形成奥氏体-马氏体界面。而纳米多晶系统在加载阶段出现了马氏体带的形成-扩展现象,在卸载阶段出现了马氏体带的收缩-消失现象。相同外载作用过程中,NiTi单晶系统的宏观应力-应变曲线具有更大的滞回环面积,拥有更优的超弹性变形能力。计算结果显示,在中低应变率下纳米晶NiTi形状记忆合金应力-应变关系表现出较明显的应变率相关性,应变率升高导致材料相变应力提升。这一应变率相关性主要源于相场模型中外加载荷速率与马氏体空间演化速度的相互竞争关系。     

应力引起的镍钛单晶形状记忆合金相变的实验研究

在单晶形状记忆合金试样中,由于没有晶粒之间的约束,它的马氏体相界面移动比多晶容易,用实验方法研究其相变的特点,对建立新的理论模型有意义,因而对它的实验分析显得重要。本文利用高分辨率的CCD系统监测到NiTi单晶形状记忆合金在拉伸时的相变伪弹性的过程;利用X射线衍射法得到了NiTi单晶试样在拉伸方向的晶向;运用高分辨率的云纹干涉技术,获得了应力引起的NiTi单晶形状记忆合金相变时的变形场;利用高分辨率、高灵敏度的红外相机记录了NiTi单晶在拉伸状态下的温度变化规律;对低温下NiTi单晶的拉伸性能做了初步的研究,得到一些有意义的现象。     

NiTi形状记忆合金裂纹尖端热力耦合行为研究

本文对NiTi形状记忆合金I型裂纹尖端热力耦合行为进行了数值仿真分析和实验验证。建立了包含相变和热力耦合的本构模型,通过有限元计算得到了裂纹尖端附近的纵向应变、马氏体体积分数和温度场分布,依据马氏体相变情况对裂纹尖端有效应力强度因子进行了修正,揭示了加载速率对形状记忆合金裂纹尖端有效应力强度影子的影响规律。参数研究表明,随着加载频率的增加,裂纹尖端附近温度逐渐升高,马氏体相变区域逐渐缩小,有效应力强度因子呈下降趋势,形状记忆合金表现出增韧效应,有助于减缓裂纹扩展。本研究结果对于揭示热力耦合作用下超弹性形状记忆合金疲劳裂纹扩展规律具有重要参考意义。     

相变温度对NiTi形状记忆合金耐磨性的影响

利用WMW-1型摩擦磨损试验机研究了在相同条件下相变温度对6种NiTi形状记忆合金耐磨性的影响,并分析其磨损机制.结果表明:超弹状态NiTi合金具有热弹性马氏体相变、高阻尼效应、应力诱发马氏体和超弹性等特性而使得其耐磨性较好,合金的耐磨性主要取决于相变温度、Ni原子的析出情况和合金硬度.     

NiTi形状记忆合金动态压缩力学行为的实验研究

采用材料试验机和SHPB实验技术,对在不同初始温度(298～873K)和应变率(5×10-4、～2.3×103s-1)下的NiTi形状记忆合金的压缩力学行为进行了实验研究。结果表明:马氏体状态下的NiTi合金的力学行为对应变率的变化敏感,位错屈服段的硬化模量、相屈服段的硬化模量及马氏体重取向前的弹性模量对应变率的变化不敏感,而位错塑性变形前的弹性模量随应变率的提高迅速增大;奥氏体状态下的NiTi合金随着实验温度升高,无论是应力诱发马氏体相变应力还是奥氏体相屈服应力都逐渐下降,材料表现出温度软化效应。从超弹性温度范围内的卸载曲线中观察到了应力诱发马氏体到奥氏体的逆转变。     

形状记忆合金单晶细观本构关系的一种相变动力学模型及算法

形状记忆合金是由马氏体相和奥氏体相组成的非均质材料,热力载荷及相变不可避免地在材料中引起残余微应力场,它与外界驱动力的叠加可能导致低应力水平下发生马氏体相变或逆相变.论文假设马氏体相变及逆相变的驱动力是马氏体体积分数的连续函数,发展了形状记忆合金伪弹性的本构描述及相应的数值分析方法.分析表明,所发展的方法与理想相变模型间的误差远小于已有工作中引入的容许误差.对形状记忆合金单晶伪弹性响应的计算结果与试验结果或已有模型计算结果的比较表明所发展的方法具有较高的精度.此外,所发展的方法具有明晰的物理背景,且无需对每个变体的相变发生与否及其方向进行判断,简化了计算过程,提高了计算效率和收敛性.     

具有层状微观结构的NiTi单晶本构模型

建立了应力诱发的具有层状微观结构的NiTi单晶本构模型. 模型考虑母相和马氏体相弹性各向异性性质的差异, 以NiTi单晶相变过程中可能出现的24个马氏体变体为基础, 利用相变驱动力和理想界面的连续条件推导了马氏体相变的发生及发展过程, 以及单晶相变过程中宏微观应力应变的演化, 数值模拟了在不同加载方向材料的应力应变响应.结果表明, 对于不同的加载方向, NiTi单晶既存在强化也存在软化现象.      

梯度纳米晶NiTi形状记忆合金的超弹性和形状记忆效应相场模拟

通过建立考虑两个马氏体变体的二维相场模型,对梯度纳米晶镍钛(NiTi)合金系统的超弹性、单程和应力辅助双程形状记忆过程进行了模拟和预测.模拟结果显示: 在梯度纳米晶NiTi合金的超弹性过程中,较粗晶粒的区域保留了传统粗晶的马氏体相变和逆相变特征,即局部马氏体带的形核-扩展和缩减-消失, 而随着晶粒尺寸的减小,细晶粒区域表现为均匀相变的特点, 即无局部马氏体带产生; 此外,在超弹性和形状记忆过程中,马氏体相变和重取向都首先在较粗晶粒区域开始并逐步向细晶粒区域传播,而逆相变则相反.马氏体相变和重取向的逐步扩展使梯度纳米晶NiTi合金的应力-应变和应变-温度曲线呈现出“硬化状”,其可归因于纳米多晶NiTi合金中马氏体相变对晶粒尺寸的依赖性,即随着晶粒尺寸的减小, 相变或重取向壁垒逐渐增大,马氏体相变或重取向的形核、扩展越来越困难. 可见,梯度纳米晶结构具有比传统均匀晶粒尺寸NiTi合金更宽的相变应力区间、重取向应力区间和相变温度区间,可显著提高该合金非弹性变形的可控性.      

形状记忆合金椭圆孔口问题的有限单元法

基于Lagoudas形状记忆合金(SMA)三维本构模型,假设材料为各向同性,推导了SMA平面应力状态的增量型本构方程,继而编写了ABAQUS用户自定义材料(UMAT)子程序,研究了在双向拉伸情况下,外载荷、温度、椭圆孔口长短轴之比对超弹性SMA椭圆孔口板中应力诱发马氏体相变区的影响。数值结果表明:应力诱发马氏体相变首先发生在椭圆孔口长轴端点部位,在外加载荷作用下逐渐扩展到板内,并由内向外形成马氏体相区、相变混合区和奥氏体相区;SMA板内应力诱发马氏体完全相变区面积与施加外载荷成正相关,与温度成负相关;随着椭圆孔口长短轴之比增大,SMA板内应力诱发马氏体完全相变区面积呈现出先减小后增大的趋势;拉应力差值相同时,相较于拉应力沿椭圆孔口长轴方向较大的情况,当拉应力沿椭圆孔口短轴方向较大时,SMA板内完全相变区面积较大,椭圆孔口周边应力集中现象更明显。     

NiTi合金力学和阻尼性质研究及伪弹性退化分析

试验考察了NiTi合金在不同应变幅值循环载荷作用下的力学特性和阻尼性能,并引入了残余内应力分析伪弹性退化机理。用马氏体相变开始应力、残余应变等参数表征NiTi合金伪弹性特征,用等效阻尼比表征NiTi合金的阻尼性能。试验结果分析表明:应变幅值增加会加快NiTi合金伪弹性随循环次数的退化;当应变幅值处于马氏体相变开始和结束应变之间时,不同应变幅值下NiTi合金的马氏体相变平台随循环次数增加同步降低,且当NiTi合金在相变中段卸载时其阻尼性能最好;结合残余内应力与残余应变正相关线性关系可分析NiTi合金伪弹性退化内在机理。该研究可为循环载荷下NiTi合金伪弹性行为的准确描述提供依据,并可为NiTi合金阻尼器的设计提供参考。     

The initiation and growth of macroscopic martensite band in nano-grained NiTi microtube under tension

The superelastic behavior of polycrystalline nano-grained NiTi shape memory alloy microtube under uniaxial tension is studied in this paper. The nominal stress–strain curve of the microtube during superelastic deformation is recorded. Both direct surface observation and observation by using a special surface coating show that the deformation of the tube is via the nucleation and propagation of macroscopic stress-induced martensite band. It is also found that the martensite nucleates in the form of a spiral lens-shaped narrow band that inclines at about 33^o to the plane of cross section of tube when the stress reaches the peak of stress–strain curve. The spiral band grew via gradual increase in both width and length of the band and finally merged into a single cylindrical band. The subsequent deformation of the tube is realized by the growth of this cylindrical martensite band. Several other deformation features of the tube are also observed and the results are discussed and compared with the theoretical analysis in this paper.     

The role of texture in tension–compression asymmetry in polycrystalline NiTi

The purpose of the present study is to thoroughly understand the stress–strain behavior of polycrystalline NiTi deformed under tension versus compression. To do this, a micro-mechanical model is used which incorporates single crystal constitutive relationships and experimentally measured polycrystalline texture into the self-consistent formulation. For the first time it is quantitatively demonstrated that texture measurements coupled with a micro-mechanical model can accurately predict tension/compression asymmetry in NiTi shape memory alloys. The predicted critical transformation stress levels and transformation stress–strain slopes under both tensile and compressive loading are consistent with experimental results. For textured polycrystalline NiTi deformed under tension it is demonstrated that the martensite evolution is very abrupt, consistent with the Luders type deformation experimentally observed. The abrupt transformation under tension is attributed to the fact that the majority of the grains are oriented along the [111] crystallographic direction, which is soft under tensile loading. Since single crystals of the [111] orientation are hard under compression it is also demonstrated that under compression the martensite in textured polycrystalline NiTi evolves relatively slower.     

New Understanding of the Influence of the Pre-Training Phase Transformation Behaviour on the TWSME in NiTi SMA Wires

Changes in the phase transformation behaviour in two-way shape memory NiTi wires were quantified by X-ray diffraction as a function of temperature. The results were compared with those obtained from the electrical resistivity measurements and applied loading method. The weight fraction diagrams enable us to observe that the higher is the level of the R-phase in the pre-training path of the NiTi sample, the lower will be the two-way memory strain obtained. Substantial values of two-way memory strain were found to be associated with pre-training paths characterized by simultaneous transformation of austenite to R-phase plus martensite. Finally, a comparison of these three experimental techniques led to a new interpretation of the electrical resistivity curves for obtaining the transformation temperatures of two-way shape memory NiTi wires. This may help to clarify the relationship between the shape of the electrical resistivity curve and the two-way memory strain that occurs in the NiTi sample.     

纳米单晶NiTi合金单程形状记忆效应的分子动力学模拟

采用基于第二近邻修正型嵌入原子势的分子动力学方法研究了纳米单晶NiTi合金的单程形状记忆效应,详细阐明了温度诱发马氏体相变和应力诱发马氏体重定向过程中纳米单晶的变形行为和微结构演化,进一步分析了加/卸载速率对NiTi合金单程形状记忆效应的影响。结果表明,NiTi纳米单晶在应力加载过程中发生马氏体重定向,卸载后存在残余应变;当加热到奥氏体转变结束温度以上时,马氏体逆相变为奥氏体相,残余应变逐渐减小,但未完全回复;随着应力加载速率的增加,重定向临界应力和模量逐渐增加;再次降温过程中不同加载速率下的原子结构演化各不相同。     

A CONSTITUTIVE MODEL FOR TRANSFORMATION, REORIENTATION AND PLASTIC DEFORMATION OF SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS

A constitutive model is developed for the transformation, reorientation and plastic deformation of shape memory alloys (SMAs). It is based on the concept that an SMA is a mixture composed of austenite and martensite, the volume fraction of each phase is transformable with the change of applied thermal-mechanical loading, and the constitutive behavior of the SMA is the combination of the individual behavior of its two phases. The deformation of the martensite is separated into elastic, thermal, reorientation and plastic parts, and that of the austenite is separated into elastic, thermal and plastic parts. Making use of the Tanaka’s transformation rule modified by taking into account the effect of plastic deformation, the constitutive model of the SMA is obtained. The ferroelasticity, pseudoelasticity and shape memory effect of SMA Au-47.5 at.%Cd, and the pseudoelasticity and shape memory effect as well as plastic deformation and its effect of an NiTi SMA, are analyzed and compared with experimental results.     

Coupling between martensitic phase transformations and plasticity: A microstructure-based finite element model

A microstructural finite element (MFE) model is developed to capture the interaction between martensitic transformations and plasticity in NiTi shape memory alloys (SMAs). The interaction is modeled through the grain-to-grain redistribution of stress caused by both plasticity and phase transformation, so that each mechanism affects the driving force of the other. A unique feature is that both processes are modeled at a crystallographic level and are allowed to operate simultaneously. The model is calibrated to pseudoelastic data for select single crystals of Ti–50.9at.%Ni. For polycrystals, plasticity is predicted to enhance the overall martensite volume fraction at a given applied stress. Upon unloading, residual stress can induce remnant (retained) martensite. For thermal cycling under load bias, plasticity is observed to limit the net transformation strain/cycle and increase the hysteretic width. Deformation processing, via plastic pre-straining at elevated temperature, is shown to dramatically alter subsequent pseudoelastic response, as well as induce two-way shape memory behavior during no-load thermal cycling. Overall, the model is suitable at smaller imposed strains, where martensite detwinning is not expected to dominate.