Fatigue crack micromechanisms in a Cu-Zn-Al shape memory alloy with pseudo-elastic behavior

Shape memory property characterizes the behavior of many Ti based and Cu based alloys (SMAs). In Cu-Zn-Al SMAs, the original shape recovering is due to a bcc phase that is stable at high temperature. After an appropriate cooling process, this phase (β-phase or austenitic phase) transforms reversib...

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Published in:	Fracture and Structural Integrity
Main Authors:	Vittorio Di Cocco, Francesco Iacoviello, Stefano Natali, Andrea Brotzu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Gruppo Italiano Frattura 2015-10-01
Subjects:	Zn-Cu-Al alloy Pseudoelastic behaviour Fatigue Crack Micromechanisms Microstructure
Online Access:	http://www.gruppofrattura.it/pdf/rivista/numero34/numero_34_art_46.pdf