Nonlocal Superelastic Model of Size-Dependent Hardening and Dissipation in Single Crystal Cu-Al-Ni Shape Memory Alloys

作者:Qiao Lei*; Rimoli Julian J; Chen Ying; Schuh Christopher A; Radovitzky Raul
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2011, 106(8): 085504.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.085504

摘要

We propose a nonlocal continuum model to describe the size-dependent superelastic effect observed in recent experiments of single crystal Cu-Al-Ni shape memory alloys. The model introduces two length scales, one in the free energy and one in the dissipation, which account for the size-dependent hardening and dissipation in the loading and unloading response of micro-and nanopillars subject to compression tests. The information provided by the model suggests that the size dependence observed in the dissipation is likely to be associated with a nonuniform evolution of the distribution of the austenitic and martensitic phases during the loading cycle.

  • 出版日期2011-2-24
  • 单位MIT