梯度纳米晶NiTi形状记忆合金的超弹性和形状记忆效应相场模拟

通过建立考虑两个马氏体变体的二维相场模型,对梯度纳米晶镍钛(NiTi)合金系统的超弹性、单程和应力辅助双程形状记忆过程进行了模拟和预测.模拟结果显示: 在梯度纳米晶NiTi合金的超弹性过程中,较粗晶粒的区域保留了传统粗晶的马氏体相变和逆相变特征,即局部马氏体带的形核-扩展和缩减-消失, 而随着晶粒尺寸的减小,细晶粒区域表现为均匀相变的特点, 即无局部马氏体带产生; 此外,在超弹性和形状记忆过程中,马氏体相变和重取向都首先在较粗晶粒区域开始并逐步向细晶粒区域传播,而逆相变则相反.马氏体相变和重取向的逐步扩展使梯度纳米晶NiTi合金的应力-应变和应变-温度曲线呈现出“硬化状”,其可归因于纳米多晶NiTi合金中马氏体相变对晶粒尺寸的依赖性,即随着晶粒尺寸的减小, 相变或重取向壁垒逐渐增大,马氏体相变或重取向的形核、扩展越来越困难. 可见,梯度纳米晶结构具有比传统均匀晶粒尺寸NiTi合金更宽的相变应力区间、重取向应力区间和相变温度区间,可显著提高该合金非弹性变形的可控性.      

应力作用下NiTi形状记忆合金微结构演化的相场模拟及其本征应变率敏感性

基于Ginzburg-Landau动力学控制方程建立了NiTi形状记忆合金非等温相场模型,实现了对NiTi合金内应力诱导马氏体相变的数值模拟。同时将晶界能密度引入系统局部自由能密度,从而考虑多晶系统中晶界的重要作用。数值计算了单晶和多晶NiTi形状记忆合金在单轴机械载荷作用下微结构的动态演化过程和宏观力学行为,并重点研究了晶粒尺寸为60 nm的NiTi纳米多晶在低应变率下（0.0005～15 s?1）力学行为的本征应变率敏感性。研究结果表明,单晶NiTi合金系统高温拉伸-卸载过程中马氏体相变均匀发生,未形成奥氏体-马氏体界面。而纳米多晶系统在加载阶段出现了马氏体带的形成-扩展现象,在卸载阶段出现了马氏体带的收缩-消失现象。相同外载作用过程中,NiTi单晶系统的宏观应力-应变曲线具有更大的滞回环面积,拥有更优的超弹性变形能力。计算结果显示,在中低应变率下纳米晶NiTi形状记忆合金应力-应变关系表现出较明显的应变率相关性,应变率升高导致材料相变应力提升。这一应变率相关性主要源于相场模型中外加载荷速率与马氏体空间演化速度的相互竞争关系。     

应力引起的镍钛单晶形状记忆合金相变的实验研究

在单晶形状记忆合金试样中，由于没有晶粒之间的约束，它的马氏体相界面移动比多晶容易，用实验方法研究其相变的特点，对建立新的理论模型有意义，因而对它的实验分析显得重要。本文利用高分辨率的CCD系统监测到NiTi单晶形状记忆合金在拉伸时的相变伪弹性的过程；利用X射线衍射法得到了NiTi单晶试样在拉伸方向的晶向；运用高分辨率的云纹干涉技术，获得了应力引起的NiTi单晶形状记忆合金相变时的变形场；利用高分辨率、高灵敏度的红外相机记录了NiTi单晶在拉伸状态下的温度变化规律；对低温下NiTi单晶的拉伸性能做了初步的研究，得到一些有意义的现象。     

超弹性形状记忆合金管单向拉伸试验的数值模拟

NiTi形状记忆合金具有很强的超弹性行为，这种超弹性行为是由于材料在应力作用下发生可逆的马氏体相变所引起。最近Sun和Lee^[4]在NiTi形状记忆合金管单向拉伸试验中观测到，应力诱导马氏体相变具有螺旋带状的形貌特征，本文对此作了数值模拟研究。采用包含应变软化效应的三线性本构关系，建立了NiTi形状记忆合金管的三维有限元模型。通过迭代计算，成功地再现了试验中所观察到的螺旋状相变带从形成到长大的全过程。数值计算结果表明，产生这一独特现象的力学机制，在于NiTi形状记忆合金管在拉伸状态下出现的局部变形失稳极其传播。     

相变温度对NiTi形状记忆合金耐磨性的影响

利用WMW-1型摩擦磨损试验机研究了在相同条件下相变温度对6种NiTi形状记忆合金耐磨性的影响,并分析其磨损机制.结果表明:超弹状态NiTi合金具有热弹性马氏体相变、高阻尼效应、应力诱发马氏体和超弹性等特性而使得其耐磨性较好,合金的耐磨性主要取决于相变温度、Ni原子的析出情况和合金硬度.     

NiTi形状记忆合金裂纹尖端热力耦合行为研究

本文对NiTi形状记忆合金I型裂纹尖端热力耦合行为进行了数值仿真分析和实验验证。建立了包含相变和热力耦合的本构模型,通过有限元计算得到了裂纹尖端附近的纵向应变、马氏体体积分数和温度场分布,依据马氏体相变情况对裂纹尖端有效应力强度因子进行了修正,揭示了加载速率对形状记忆合金裂纹尖端有效应力强度影子的影响规律。参数研究表明,随着加载频率的增加,裂纹尖端附近温度逐渐升高,马氏体相变区域逐渐缩小,有效应力强度因子呈下降趋势,形状记忆合金表现出增韧效应,有助于减缓裂纹扩展。本研究结果对于揭示热力耦合作用下超弹性形状记忆合金疲劳裂纹扩展规律具有重要参考意义。     

NiTi形状记忆合金动态压缩力学行为的实验研究

采用材料试验机和SHPB实验技术,对在不同初始温度(298～873K)和应变率(5×10-4、～2.3×103s-1)下的NiTi形状记忆合金的压缩力学行为进行了实验研究。结果表明:马氏体状态下的NiTi合金的力学行为对应变率的变化敏感,位错屈服段的硬化模量、相屈服段的硬化模量及马氏体重取向前的弹性模量对应变率的变化不敏感,而位错塑性变形前的弹性模量随应变率的提高迅速增大;奥氏体状态下的NiTi合金随着实验温度升高,无论是应力诱发马氏体相变应力还是奥氏体相屈服应力都逐渐下降,材料表现出温度软化效应。从超弹性温度范围内的卸载曲线中观察到了应力诱发马氏体到奥氏体的逆转变。     

NiTi合金力学和阻尼性质研究及伪弹性退化分析

试验考察了NiTi合金在不同应变幅值循环载荷作用下的力学特性和阻尼性能,并引入了残余内应力分析伪弹性退化机理。用马氏体相变开始应力、残余应变等参数表征NiTi合金伪弹性特征,用等效阻尼比表征NiTi合金的阻尼性能。试验结果分析表明:应变幅值增加会加快NiTi合金伪弹性随循环次数的退化;当应变幅值处于马氏体相变开始和结束应变之间时,不同应变幅值下NiTi合金的马氏体相变平台随循环次数增加同步降低,且当NiTi合金在相变中段卸载时其阻尼性能最好;结合残余内应力与残余应变正相关线性关系可分析NiTi合金伪弹性退化内在机理。该研究可为循环载荷下NiTi合金伪弹性行为的准确描述提供依据,并可为NiTi合金阻尼器的设计提供参考。     

应变幅值对循环载荷下NiTi合金力学性质的影响

实验研究了应变幅值对循环载荷下NiTi合金伪弹性退化特征的影响规律,结果表明:当卸载发生在NiTi合金应力诱发马氏体相变阶段时,应变幅值对马氏体相变开始应力的退化规律影响较小,但此时应变幅值的增加会显著增大奥氏体弹性模量的退化程度,而其大变形可回复能力和阻尼特性在应变幅值大于6%时才有大幅度降低。对各参数退化程度进行定量分析,得到了NiTi合金具有较强可回复能力和阻尼性能的应变幅值范围。该研究可为NiTi合金阻尼器的设计提供参考。     

形状记忆合金拟弹性行为的热力学描述

形状记忆合金是由马氏体和奥氏体组成并动态变化的两相材料 ,其拟弹性行为实质上是两相各自行为的动态组合。本文提出了形状记忆合金拟弹性行为的一种热力学描述。根据实验现象假设在感兴趣的温度和变形范围内 ,奥氏体相具有线弹性特性而马氏体相具有弹塑性特性 ,结合 Tanaka的相变描述 ,给出了小变形、初始各向同性和塑性不可压缩条件下形状记忆合金的三维本构方程。对不同温度下形状记忆合金材料的特性进行了描述 ,较好地预言了单调及循环加载下的响应和正、反相变行为及其温度影响 ,动态相变过程对应力响应的影响 ,高温相下的强度增加等。     

Study on the rate-dependent cyclic deformation of super-elastic NiTi shape memory alloy based on a new crystal plasticity constitutive model

In this paper, a crystal plasticity based constitutive model (Yu et al., 2013) is extended to describe the rate-dependent cyclic deformation of super-elastic NiTi shape memory alloy by considering the internal heat production. Two sources of internal heat productions are included in the proposed model, i.e., the mechanical dissipations of inelastic deformation and the transformation latent heat in the NiTi shape memory alloy. With an assumption of uniform temperature field in the alloy specimen, a simplified evolution law of temperature field is obtained by the first law of thermodynamics and the heat boundary conditions. An explicit scale-transition rule is adopted to extend the proposed single crystal model to the polycrystalline version. The capability of the extended polycrystalline model to describe the rate-dependent cyclic deformation of super-elastic NiTi shape memory alloy is verified by comparing the predictions with the corresponding experimental ones. The comparison demonstrates that the proposed constitutive model considering the internal heat production predicts the rate-dependent cyclic deformation of super-elastic NiTi shape memory alloy fairly well.     

超弹性镍钛形状记忆合金单轴相变棘轮行为的宏观唯象本构模型

超弹性镍钛形状记忆合金因其良好的力学性能以及独特的超弹性和形状记忆效应已广泛应用于土木工程、航空航天和生物医疗等多个领域,在实际服役环境中超弹性镍钛合金元件不可避免地会承受不同应力水平的循环载荷作用,亟待建立描述相变棘轮行为(即峰值应变和谷值应变随着正相变和逆相变循环的进行不断累积)的循环本构模型.为此,基于已有的超弹性镍钛形状记忆合金在不同峰值应力下的单轴相变棘轮行为实验研究结果,在广义黏塑性框架下,对Graesser等提出的通过背应力非线性演化方程反映超弹性镍钛形状记忆合金超弹性行为的一维宏观唯像本构模型进行了拓展,考虑了正相变和逆相变过程中特征变量的差异及其随循环的演化,以非弹性应变的累积量为内变量引入了正相变开始应力、逆相变开始应力、相变应变和残余应变的演化方程,同时通过峰值应力与正相变完成应力的比值来确定演化方程中的相关系数,建立了描述超弹性镍钛合金单轴相变棘轮行为的本构模型.将模拟结果与对应的实验结果进行对比发现,建立的宏观唯像本构模型能够合理地描述超弹性镍钛形状记忆合金的单轴相变棘轮行为及其峰值应力依赖性,模型的预测结果和实验结果吻合得很好.     

The role of texture in tension–compression asymmetry in polycrystalline NiTi

The purpose of the present study is to thoroughly understand the stress–strain behavior of polycrystalline NiTi deformed under tension versus compression. To do this, a micro-mechanical model is used which incorporates single crystal constitutive relationships and experimentally measured polycrystalline texture into the self-consistent formulation. For the first time it is quantitatively demonstrated that texture measurements coupled with a micro-mechanical model can accurately predict tension/compression asymmetry in NiTi shape memory alloys. The predicted critical transformation stress levels and transformation stress–strain slopes under both tensile and compressive loading are consistent with experimental results. For textured polycrystalline NiTi deformed under tension it is demonstrated that the martensite evolution is very abrupt, consistent with the Luders type deformation experimentally observed. The abrupt transformation under tension is attributed to the fact that the majority of the grains are oriented along the [111] crystallographic direction, which is soft under tensile loading. Since single crystals of the [111] orientation are hard under compression it is also demonstrated that under compression the martensite in textured polycrystalline NiTi evolves relatively slower.     

The role of intergranular constraint on the stress-induced martensitic transformation in textured polycrystalline NiTi

The influences of grain boundaries and relative grain misorientations on stress-induced martensitic transformations in NiTi are studied using unique experiments and finite element modeling. Tensile and compressive mechanical tests reveal that polycrystalline NiTi with a dominant <111> fiber texture and single crystal NiTi oriented along the [111] direction exhibit nearly identical stress–strain curves during a stress-induced martensitic transformation. Micro-mechanical finite element simulations of fiber textured polycrystals and single crystals undergoing a multi-variant martensitic transformation confirm the relative indifference of the macroscopic transformation attributes to the presence of grain boundaries. On the microscale, the finite element simulations further reveal that the insensitivity of the transformation to intergranular constraint is linked to the local stress disturbance created by transforming grains. The transformation of grains that are favorably oriented with respect to the loading axis creates local stresses that invariably assist the transformation in neighboring grains, effectively lowering the influence of grain misorientations and boundaries on the macroscopic transformation behavior.     

Fracture control parameters for NiTi based shape memory alloys

In this paper new fracture control parameters for Nickel–Titanium (NiTi) based shape memory alloys (SMAs) are proposed, based on a recent literature analytical model on fracture mechanics of SMAs. In fact, the stress induced martensitic transformation, occurring in the crack tip region of NiTi alloys, causes a complex and unusual stress distribution with respect to common engineering materials. For this reason two different stress intensity factors (SIFs) have been defined to describe the stress distribution in both transformed and untransformed regions, i.e. in the martensitic and austenitic phases, respectively. Systematic studies have been carried out to analyze the effects of the main thermo-mechanical parameters of NiTi alloys on the two proposed SIFs, i.e. on the crack tip stress distribution, and comparisons with linear elastic fracture mechanics have been illustrated. Finally, the proposed model was used to analyze different loading conditions of a commercial superelastic NiTi alloys, which demonstrated a marked effect of the temperature on the crack tip stress distribution.     

Study on cyclic deformation and fatigue of thermal and magnetic shape memory alloys

形状记忆合金(包括热致和磁致形状记忆合金)由于其特有的超弹性和形状记忆效应, 一直以来受到学者和工程界人士广泛关注, 且已有诸多成功的工程应用案例.为了进一步拓展该类合金的工程应用范围, 对其热--力和磁--力耦合循环变形和疲劳失效行为的宏微观实验观察和理论模型研究成果进行了综述. 总结了NiTi和NiTiX两类合金材料的温度诱发(即热致)的热--力耦合循环变形和疲劳失效行为研究的最新成果; 对以NiMnGa合金为代表的磁场诱发(即磁致)的磁--力耦合循环变形和疲劳失效行为的研究现状进行了评述; 提出并预测了未来的研究方向及发展趋势.