Abstract
Ti50Ni50-xCux(x=0,5,10,15at%) fine fibers(diameter= φ 80 μm, length=20cm∼1m) were successfully developed by the arc-melted rapid-solidification method. It has been very difficult to do the conventional melt-work processing from the bulk material of this alloy to very fine fiber because of the brittleness from metallic compounds especially in the range of Cu≧8at%. The fibers showed good shape memory effect. As Cu content increased, the temperature hysteresis (ΔT=Af-Mf) of recovery strain-temperature curves as well as DSC curves became smaller and the tensile strength showed more than 1000MPa in Ti50Ni40Cu10at% fiber. Therefore, the developed rapid-solidified, thermoelastic fine fiber actuator/sensor materials have high potentially of applications for micro-machines and the fillers of smart composites.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 47-54 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
Volume | 4946 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2002 Dec 1 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | Transducing Materials and Devices - Brugge, Belgium Duration: 2002 Oct 30 → 2002 Nov 1 |
Keywords
- Fiber
- Metallic actuator/sensor
- Rapid-solidification
- Shape memory alloy
- Smart material systems
- Thermoelastic phase transformation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Computer Science Applications
- Applied Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering