Numerical Simulation of Phase Transformation and
Reorientation in Single Crystalline Shape Memory
Alloys

JJ Zhu; NG Liang; M Cai; KM Liew; WM Huang

Research Article

Numerical Simulation of Phase Transformation and Reorientation in Single Crystalline Shape Memory Alloys

JJ Zhu¹*, NG Liang², M Cai³, KM Liew⁴ and WM Huang⁵

¹School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wuyi University, China

²LNM Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

³Department of Engineering Technology, University of Houston, USA

⁴Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

⁵School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Corresponding Author

Received Date: September 08, 2018; Published Date: September 24, 2018

Abstract

In our previous paper [1], a constitutive model was developed for the stress-induced martensitic transformation and reorientation in single crystalline shape memory alloys. The critical condition and evolution equation for the phase transformation and reorientation were proposed. In this paper, the model proposed in our previous paper [1] is applied to simulate the behavior of stress-induced phase transformation in a CuZnAl single crystal and reorientation between CuAlNi martensite lattice correspondence variants. It is found out that the prediction results are consistent with the experimental data reported in the literature.

Keywords: Phase transformation; Thermomechanical processes; Microstructure; Constitutive behavior; Shape memory alloy

Article Details

Citation

JJ Zhu, NG Liang, M Cai, KM L, WM Huang. Numerical Simulation of Phase Transformation and Reorientation in Single Crystalline Shape Memory Alloys. Glob J Eng Sci. 1(1): 2018. GJES.MS.ID.000504.