Experiment and modeling of simultaneous creep, plasticity and transformation of high temperature shape memory alloys during cyclic actuation Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • The present work is focussed on studying the cycling actuation behavior of HTSMAs undergoing simultaneous creep and transformation. For the thermomechanical testing, a high temperature test setup was assembled on a MTS frame with the capability to test up to temperatures of 600C. Constant stress thermal cycling tests were conducted to establish the actuation characteristics and the phase diagram for the chosen HTSMA. Additionally, creep tests were conducted at constant stress levels at different test temperatures to characterize the creep behavior of the alloy over the operational range. A thermodynamic constitutive model is developed and extended to take into account a) the effect of multiple thermal cycling on the generation of plastic strains due to transformation (TRIP strains) and b) both primary and secondary creep effects. The model calibration is based on the test results. The creep tests and the uniaxial tests are used to identify the viscoplastic behavior of the material. The parameters for the SMA properties, regarding the transformation and transformation induced plastic strain evolutions, are obtained from the material phase diagram and the thermomechanical tests. The model is validated by predicting the material behavior at different thermomechanical test conditions. Copyright 2010 by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.

published proceedings

  • Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

author list (cited authors)

  • Kumar, P. K., Desai, U., Chatzigeorgiou, G., Lagoudas, D. C., Monroe, J., Karaman, I., Noebe, R., & Bigelow, G.

complete list of authors

  • Kumar, PK||Desai, U||Chatzigeorgiou, G||Lagoudas, DC||Monroe, J||Karaman, I||Noebe, R||Bigelow, G

publication date

  • December 2010