Shape Memory Alloys

152 Pages·1996·8.93 MB·English

by  M. Fremond

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COURSES AND LECTURES -No. 351
SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS
M.FREMOND
LAB. DES MATERIAUX ET STRUCTURES DU GENIE CIVIL
S. MIYAZAKI
UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA
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PREFACE
The thermal and mechanical properties of shape memory alloys are puzzling:
thermal actions induce large deformations. In some sense thermal actions are
equivalent to mechanical actions. This equivalence is the basic tool for many
practical applications. The complete description of the shape memory alloys
involves physics, metallurgy, crystallography, mechanics and even mathematics
to deal with the predictive theories describing their behaviour.
This book consisting of two chapters is devoted to the crystallographic and
thermomechanical properties and to the macroscopic modelling of the shape
memory alloys. It results from part of the lectures given by professors
Fremond, James, Miyazaki and Muller during a session of the Centre
International des Sciences Mecaniquesfrom October4 to October 8, 1993.
The first chapter describes the thermomechanical macroscopic theory. Shape
memory alloys are mixtures of many phases: martensites and austenite. The
composition of the mixtures vary: the martensites and the austenite which have
different mechanical properties transform into one another. The phase changes
can be produced either by thermal actions or by mechanical actions. The
striking and well known properties of shape memory alloys results from these
links between mechanical and thermal actions.
The macroscopic modelling is based on thermodynamics involving internal
quantities. It gives a macroscopic theory which can be used for engineering
purposes, for example to describe the evolution of structures made of shape
memory alloys. Some of the internal quantities which are chosen, the phase
volume fractions for instance, are submitted to constraints (for instance their
actual value is between 0 and 1 ). It is shown that most of the macroscopic
properties of shape memory alloys result from a careful treatment of these
constraints. The thermomechanical modelling uses continuum thermodynamics
and some elementary notions of convex analysis as basic tools.
The second chapter describes the experimental works on the crystallographic
and thermomechanical properties. Recent development of shape memory alloys
is reviewed, emphasis being placed on the Ti-Ni, Cu-based and ferrous alloys
which are considered as practical materials for applications among many
shape memory alloys. Crystal structures of the parent and martensitic phases
are described, and the crystallography of the martensitic transformations is
also briefly explained. The origin of the shape memory effect and the shape
memory mechanisms are discussed on the basis of the crystal structure and the
crystallography of the martensitic transformations. Since an applied stress also
induces the martensitic transformations, successive stages of the stress-induced
martensitic transformations are reviewed briefly in Cu-based and Ti-Ni alloys,
which show martensite-to-martensite transformations upon loading. Then, the
transformation and mechanical characteristics of the shape memory alloys are
reviewed in detail,· i.e. phase diagrams, transformation temperatures,
transformation process, stress-induced transformation, aging effects, cycling
effects, fracture, fatigue, grain refinement, two-way shape memory effect, and so
on. Recent development of sputter-deposited Ti-Ni thin films is also introduced.
The authors wish that this book would be a good guide and introduction for the
readers to the study of shape memory alloys.
M. Fremond
S. Miyazaki
CONTENTS
Page
Preface
Shape Memory Alloy
A Thermomechanical Macroscopic Theory
by M. Fremond
1. Introduction ................................................................................................ 3
2. Description of a Material. The State Quantities .......................................... .3
3. Principle of Virtual Power without Micoscopic Velocities ......................... 3
4. Principle of Virtual Power with Microscopic Velocities ............................ .4
5. The Energy Balance .................................................................................... 6
6. The Second Principle of Thermodynamics ................................................. 6
7. Constitutive Laws when there are no Constraint
on the Internal Quantities ........................................................................... 7
8. Constitutive Laws When There are Constraints
on the Internal Quantities ........................................................................... 9
9. Shape Memory Alloys. A Macroscopic Theory ....................................... 16
10. Evolutions of Structures Made of Shape Memory Alloys ..................... 60
11. Conclusion ............................................................................................. 60
12. Appendix ................................................................................................ 61
13. References .............................................................................................. 66
Development and Characterization of Shape Memory Alloys
by S. Miyazaki
Abstract ........................................................................................................ 69
1. Introduction .............................................................................................. 71
2. Fundamental Aspects of Shape Memory Alloys ..................................... 72
3. Development of Shape Memory Alloys ................................................... 92
4. Prospects in Applications of Shape Memory Alloys .............................. 142
References .................................................................................................. 143
SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY
A THERMOMECHANICAL MACROSCOPIC THEORY
M. Fremond
Lab. des Materiaux et Structures du Genie Civil, Champs sur Marne,
France
A Thermomechanical Macroscopic Theory 3
1. Introduction.
Shape memory alloys are mixtures of many martensites and of austenite. The composition
of the mixture varies : the matensites and the austenite transform into one another. These phase
changes can be produced either by thermal actions or by mechanical actions. The striking and well
known properties of shape memory alloys results from these links between mechanical and thermal
actions [4], [15], [26].
Shape memory alloys can be studied at the microscopic level by describing the
microstructures of the constitutive crystals, [7], [17], [28]. They can also be studied by using
statistical thermodynamics of a lattice of particles [3] [23].
Thermodynamics involving internal quantities is an other tool to study shape memory alloys
at the macroscopic level, [1], [2], [5], [6], [9], [18], [19], [22] [25], [27], [29]. It is the one we have
chosen [10], [11]. It gives a macroscopic theory which can be used for engineering purposes, for
example to describe the evolution of structures made of shape memory alloys. The internal
quantities we choose, the phase volume fractions, are submitted to constraints (for instance their
actual value is between 0 and 1). We show that most of the properties of shape memory alloys
result from a careful treatment of these constraints [ 10], [ 12].
The first paragraphs 1 to 8 describe the thermodynamical quantities, the free energy and the
pseudo-potential of dissipation. They give also the basic tools for macroscopic modelling. The
p~agraph 9 is devoted to the macroscopic description of shape memory alloys.
Basic definitions and properties of convex analysis are given in the appendix 12.
2. Description of a material. The state quantities.
The state quantities are the basic quantities which describe the equilibrium and the evolution
of a material. Their choice depends on the sophistication of the model we are searching for. Thus
their choice depends on the scientist or the engineer concerned.
When the state quantities are constant with respect to the time, we say that the material is at
an equilibrium. Thus the notion of equilibrium is subjective : it depends on the sophistication of the
description.
The set of the state quantities is denoted by E. It usually contains quantities describing the
deformations and the ·temperature. The other quantities of E are often called internal quantities.
3. Principle of Virtual P¢wer without micoscopic velocities.
This is the classical situation. Let ? be the linear space of the macroscopic virtual
velocities, n be the domain of R3 occupied by the structure we consider at the time t. The principle
of virtual power [ 14] is
(1), '1 D c. Q, 'VVEV, A(D,V) = P;(D,V) + Pe(D,V).
where D is a subdomain of n. The virtual power of the acceleration forces is
A(D,V) = JpyVdQ,
where y is the acceleration and p the density. The virtual power of the internal forces is
P;(D,V) =-Jcr:D(V)dQ,
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where D(V) = (Dij(V) = ~Vi,j+Yj,i)) are the strain rates and cr = (crij) the stresses. The virtual
power of the external forces is the sum of the power of the at a distance forces,
Jr.vdn.
where f is the volumetric external force, and of the power of the contact forces
fT.Vdr,
()D
where T is the contact external force. The virtual power of the external forces is
Pe(D,V) = fr.Vctn + fT.Vdr.
D
CJD
It is classical [ 14] to get the equations of the movement from the principle ( 1) ,
=
(2), P'Y divcr + f, in D,
=
(3), cr.N T, in CJD,
where N is the outwards normal unit vector to D.
4. Principle of Virtual Power with microscopic velocities.
When the state quantities include internal quantities, the evolution of those quantities can
result from microscopic movements. We think that the power of the microscopic movements can be
taken into account in the power of the internal forces [13]. Let ~ be an internal quantity, for
instance a volumetric proportion of austenite in a shape memory alloy, the volumetric proportion of
a constituent in a mixture, the damage in a piece of concrete [13], the intensity of adhesion between
two pieces [16], [32], the volume fraction of unfrozen water in a soil in winter. .. The only
macroscopic quantity which is related to the micoscopic movements or velocities is ~ which
describes their macroscopic effects i.e. the evolution of ~· Thus we choose as actual power of the
internal forces
J j
d~ d~ d~
P;(D,U,dt) =- cr:D(U)d.Q- {Bdt + H.graddt}d.Q,
and as virtual power of the internal forces,
J
J
V'(V,c)eVxC, P;(D,V,c) =- cr:D(V)d.Q- {Be+ H. grade }d.Q,
where C is the linear space of the virtual microscopic velocities. The elements (V ,c) of VxC are
function of x, (V (x),c(x)).