Low-cycle fatigue life of superelastic NiTi wires

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 751-758

  Figueiredo, Ana Maria ^a   Modenesi, Paulo ^a   Buono, Vicente ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Low cycle fatigue; Shape memory alloys; Strain controlled fatigue

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; AUSTENITE; BENDING TESTS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIFE CYCLE; MARTENSITE; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; WEAR RESISTANCE;

FATIGUE CRACKS; FATIGUE LIVES; FATIGUE PROPERTIES; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; LOW-CYCLE FATIGUE; NITI WIRES; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS; STRAIN AMPLITUDES; SUPERELASTIC; SUPERELASTIC MATERIALS; SUPERELASTIC WIRES;

WIRE;

EID: 58249141585     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2008.03.014     Document Type: Article

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