The cyclic deformation and fatigue of a TiNi shape-memory alloy wire were studied by carrying out rotating-bending fatigue tests at various strain amplitudes, temperatures, and rotational speeds in air and in water. The results were summarized as follows: (1) for strain amplitudes in the rhombohedral-phase transformation region, the fatigue life was longer than 107 cycles and the deformation properties did not change under cyclic deformation; (2) for the strain amplitudes in the martensitic transformation region, the fatigue life was shorter than 105 cycles and the higher the temperature, the shorter was the fatigue life; (3) the rotational speed did not affect the fatigue life in water but a higher rotational speed led to a shorter fatigue life in air.

Issue Section:
Technical Papers
Topics:
Deformation, Fatigue, Shape memory alloys, Wire, Fatigue life, Cycles, Temperature, Water, Fatigue testing, Martensitic transformations
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