Abstract
Wavy behaviours of hysteresis energy variation in nanoscale bulk of thermomechanical austenitic NiTi shape memory alloy are reported in ultimate nanoindentation loading cycles. One sharp and two spherical tips were used while two loading–unloading rates were applied. For comparison, another austenitic copper-based shape memory alloy, CuAlNi shape memory alloy, and a metal with no phase transition, elastoplastic Cu, were investigated. In shape memory alloys, the hysteresis energy variation ultimately undergoes a linear decrease with internal wavy fluctuations and no stabilisation was observed. The internal energy fluctuation in these alloys was found dissimilar depending on the loading–unloading rate and the indentation tip geometry. In contrast, there was an absence of both overall and internal variations in hysteresis energy for Cu after the second loading cycle. The underlying physics of these variations is discussed and found to be attributed to both the created dislocations and ratcheting thermal–mechanical behaviour of the phase-transformed volume in shape memory alloys.
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