Numéro
J. Phys. IV France
Volume 112, October 2003
Page(s) 231 - 234
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:2003872


J. Phys. IV France
112 (2003) 231
DOI: 10.1051/jp4:2003872

Influence of stress concentration on the recovery stress generation

V. Brailovski1, E. Clément1, 2, P. Terriault1 and F. Trochu2

1  École de Technologie Supérieure, 1100 rue Notre-Dame Ouest, Montréal, Québec H3C 1K3, Canada
2  École Polytechnique de Montréal, P.O. Box 6079, Station Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3A7, Canada


Abstract
The present communication focuses on a numerical and experimental study of the influence of stress concentration on the overall SMA behavior in case of low cycle actuation, more particularly on the recovery stress generation. The results obtained using commercial ANSYS FEM software are compared with experimental recovery stress data registered upon heating of constrained NiTi ribbon specimens with stress raisers of different geometry.



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