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Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the interface in activated shape memory alloy composites

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The interfacial quality of shape memory alloy (SMA) composites was experimentally evaluated by differential scanning calorimetry, and quantitatively calculated using a combination of Šittner's model and a composite cylinder model. Results have shown that the damage level of the interface in a heating process can be quantitatively evaluated by measuring the transformation enthalpy of the subsequent heating cycle and comparing it with the S-shaped enthalpy kinetic curve. A combination of Šittner's model and a composite cylinder model is capable of calculating both the thermal behavior and the triaxial stress state of SMA composites.

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Petroleum, 102249, Beijing, China

    Y. J. Zheng (Associate Professor)

  2. Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 44, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium

    J. Schrooten (Postdoctoral Fellow)

  3. School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

    K. A. Tsoi (International Scholar)

  4. Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Na Slovance 2, 182 21, Prague 8, Czech Republic

    P. Šittner (Professor)

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Zheng, Y.J., Schrooten, J., Tsoi, K.A. et al. Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the interface in activated shape memory alloy composites. Experimental Mechanics 43, 194–200 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02410500

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