Thermal memory degradation in a Cu-Zn-Al shape memory alloy during thermal cycling with free air cooling

Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 468-475

  Bujoreanu, L G ^a   Lohan, N M ^a   Pricop, B ^a   Cimpoesu N ^a  

^a GHEORGHE ASACHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Differential scanning calorimetry; Metallography; Reverse martensitic transformation; Stabilization; Thermal cycling

Indexed keywords

AIR COOLING; CONTROLLED HEATING; CRITICAL TRANSFORMATION TEMPERATURE; CU-ZN-AL SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY; ELECTRICAL ACTUATORS; ENDOTHERMIC PEAKS; HEATING TEMPERATURES; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; REVERSE MARTENSITIC TRANSFORMATION; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY; SPECIFIC ENTHALPY; THERMAL MEMORY; THERMALLY INDUCED; TRANSFORMATION RATES;

COOLING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HEATING; MARTENSITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; THERMAL CYCLING; ZINC;

MARTENSITIC TRANSFORMATIONS;

EID: 79958269157     PISSN: 10599495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11665-010-9702-5     Document Type: Article

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