Abstract
Abstract The in-situ transmission electron microscopy technique allows direct observations of formation and growth of stress-induced martensite in pseudoelastic NiTi shape memory alloys. The present paper reports on the development of a miniature test procedure for in-situ straining experiments with specimens taken from small components. The deformation of an ultra-fine grained NiTi specimen is characterised by transmission electron microscopy (at early loading stages) and by optical microscopy (at larger strains). A complementary finite element analysis of the complex strain state in the specimen rationalises why the stress-induced martensitic transformation first occurs in the thin foil region of the specimen before spreading towards the outer rim of the specimen.
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