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Ductile–Brittle Variation Phenomenon and a Special Transformation-Induced Plasticity Effect in NbTi-NiTi Composite

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In order to study the transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP) effect in a NiTi shape-memory alloy composite, an in situ NbTi-NiTi composite was prepared by vacuum arc melting, hot forging and wire drawing. An unusual ductile–brittle variation phenomenon was observed by means of a series of tensile tests. The composite was brittle in the absence of transformation at 200 °C, and the fracture strain was about 2%. With lowering the tensile temperature, the composite became ductile when stress-induced martensitic transformation occurred, and the elongation increased to about 18% (a ninefold increase) during tensile test at room temperature. This ductile–brittle variation phenomenon indicates that the stress-induced martensitic transformation of NiTi alloy helps to improve the ductility of the composite, which is just the exhibition of TRIP effect in the NbTi-NiTi composite. Different from conventional TRIP steels, the TRIP behavior in NiTi induces only an increase in the elongation, but not any increase in fracture strength.

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This work is supported by the Key Program of the National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grant No. 51731010), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51571212 and 51861011), Jiangxi Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 20171ACB21068), and Science Foundation of China University of Petroleum, Beijing (Grant No. 2462018BJC005).

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Jiang, J., Jiang, D., Hao, S. et al. Ductile–Brittle Variation Phenomenon and a Special Transformation-Induced Plasticity Effect in NbTi-NiTi Composite. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 29, 296–302 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-020-04591-6

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