Abstract
It has been shown that TiNiNb shape memory alloys exhibit a wide transformation hysteresis compared to TiNi binary alloys (about 145°C versus 30°C). This wide hysteresis has important engineering utility. The present paper was undertaken to review of the microstructure. mechanical behavior, deformation-induced martensitic transformation and the effect of deformation on the stability of martensite and its reverse transformation in TiNiNb alloys. Simultaneously, the strain recovery characteristic and interface structure of martensite were explained, and the mechanism for increasing martensite stability by deformation was discussed. In addition, the microstructure and interface structure inside the stress-induced martensite (SIM) variants were evaluated. It is found that the morphology and substructure of SIM depend on deformation condition. The tensile deformation at parent phase condition has great influence on the substructure and interface structure of SIM variants. The most distinctive substructural feature of the stress-induced martensite is the presence of the various secondary twins. Based on the analysis of the stability and shape memory effect of various kinds of martensite, the concept of stability of deformed stress-induced martensite was proposed and explained by the mechanism for the formation of several secondary deformation twins.
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