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Effect of Grain Boundary on the Wear Behaviour of NiTi Shape Memory Alloys When Mf < T < Af

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Wear behaviour of NiTi SMA is closely corresponds to deformation mechanisms associated with different plastic strain accumulation process. Plastic strain accumulation is achieved by dislocation motion; however, grain boundary acts as a strong barrier. In this work, wear behaviour of single-crystalline and polycrystalline NiTi SMAs was studied to understand the effect of grain boundary on the plastic strain accumulation in the wear process. Wear tests were conducted at Mf < T < Af, where phase boundary exists between martensitic and austenitic phases. Tests were conducted under ball-on-disc sliding wear mode, and alumina (Al2O3) counter-body was used. For single-crystalline NiTi SMA, transition wear occurred even when the applied load was relatively low (i.e., 100 mN). For polycrystalline NiTi SMA, with increasing applied load and wear cycles, the wear has shifted from near-zero wear stage to severe wear stage; no transition behaviour was observed. Significant differences in the wear process were discussed with respect to deformation mechanisms associated with dislocation motion in the single-crystalline and polycrystalline NiTi SMAs.

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L. Yan is grateful for the financial support from National University of Singapore through a project funding under National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster (Grant Number 2016013). This work was also supported by Nanyang Technological University through a research scholarship from August 2009 to August 2013.

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Yan, L., Liu, Y., O’Neill, G. et al. Effect of Grain Boundary on the Wear Behaviour of NiTi Shape Memory Alloys When Mf < T < Af. Tribol Lett 66, 44 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11249-018-0997-y

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