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Shape memory is the ability of a material to remember its original shape, either after mechanical deformation (one-way effect) or by cooling and heating (two-way effect). This phenonemon is based on a structural phase transformation, which is diffusionless and connected with large amounts of homogeneous shear. It is known as martensitic transformation. Particularities of many bulk and microstructural properties are found in the environment of the transformation temperatures. It is explained how the alloys acquire their final shape, how they learn the two-way effect, and how they fatigue. Finally, a systematic survey is given on present and perspective applications in engineering and medicine.
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Hornbogen, E. (1991). Shape Memory Alloys. In: Bunk, W.G.J. (eds) Advanced Structural and Functional Materials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-49261-7_5
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