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Temperature variations at nano-scale level in phase transformed nanocrystalline NiTi shape memory alloys adjacent to graphene layers
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posted on 2013-01-01, 00:00 authored by Abbas Amini, C Cheng, Minoo NaebeMinoo Naebe, J Church, Nishar Hameed, Alireza Asgari, Frank WillThe detection and control of the temperature variation at the nano-scale level of thermo-mechanical materials during a compression process have been challenging issues. In this paper, an empirical method is proposed to predict the temperature at the nano-scale level during the solid-state phase transition phenomenon in NiTi shape memory alloys. Isothermal data was used as a reference to determine the temperature change at different loading rates. The temperature of the phase transformed zone underneath the tip increased by _3 to 40 _C as the loading rate increased. The temperature approached a constant with further increase in indentation depth. A few layers of graphene were used to enhance the cooling process at different loading rates. Due to the presence of graphene layers the temperature beneath the tip decreased by a further _3 to 10 _C depending on the loading rate. Compared with highly polished NiTi, deeper indentation depths were also observed during the solidstate phase transition, especially at the rate dependent zones. Larger superelastic deformations confirmed that the latent heat transfer through the deposited graphene layers allowed a larger phase transition volume and, therefore, more stress relaxation and penetration depth.
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NanoscaleVolume
5Pagination
6479 - 6484Publisher
RSC PublicationsLocation
Cambridge, EnglandPublisher DOI
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2040-3364eISSN
2040-3372Language
engPublication classification
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