Abstract
Changes in martensitic transformation temperatures during thermal cycling in Ti–Ni–Cu shape memory alloys have been investigated by means of electrical resistivity measurements, thermal cycling tests under constant load and transmission electron microscopy. During thermal cycling without applied stress, the B2→B19′ transformation temperature Ms decreased, while the B2→B19 transformation start temperature Ms′ kept almost constant. During thermal cycling with applied stress, in solution treated Ti–45Ni–5Cu alloy, changes in Ms depended on the amount of applied stress. That is, Ms decreased when the applied stress was 39.2 MPa, while its value kept almost constant when a stress of 117.2 MPa was applied. It was also found that Ms′ increased during thermal cycling in the solution treated Ti–35Ni–15Cu and Ti–30Ni–20Cu alloys, irrespective of the amount of applied stress. All changes in Ms and Ms′ during thermal cycling with applied stress in Ti–Ni–Cu alloys were explained well by a combination of the thermal cycling effect and the structural refinement effect.
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