InTech. 2013. 290 p.СontentsPreface
Section 1 ProcessingChapter 1 Thermomechanical Treatments for Ni-Ti Alloys (F.M. Braz Fernandes, K.K. Mahesh
and Andersan dos Santos Paula)
Chapter 2 The Methods of Preparation of Ti-Ni-X Alloys and Their Forming (Radim Kocich, Ivo Szurman and Miroslav Kursa)
Chapter 3 Ni25Ti50Cu25 Shape Memory Alloy Produced by Nonconventional Techniques (Tomasz Goryczka)
Section 2 Characterization
Chapter 4 Thermal Strain and Magnetization Studies of the Ferromagnetic Heusler Shape
Memory Alloys Ni2MnGa and the Effect of Selective Substitution in 3d Elements on the Structural and Magnetic Phase (T. Sakon, H. Nagashio, K. Sasaki, S. Susuga, D. Numakura,
M. Abe, K. Endo, S. Yamashita, H. Nojiri and T. Kanomata)
Chapter 5 Iron Based Shape Memory Alloys: Mechanical and Structural Properties (Fabiana Cristina Nascimento Borges)
Section 3 Mechanical Behavior
Chapter 6 Mechanics of Shape Memory Alloy Materials – Constitutive Modeling and Numerical Implications (V. P. Panoskaltsis)
Chapter 7 Determination of Elastic and Dissipative Energy Contributions to Martensitic Phase Transformation in Shape Memory Alloys (Dezso L. Beke, Lajos Darуczi and Tarek Y. Elrasasi)
Chapter 8 Micromechanical Behavior of CuAlBe Shape Memory Alloy Undergoing 3-Point Bending
Analyzed by Digital Image Correlation (R.J. Martнnez-Fuentes, F.M. Sбnchez-Arйvalo, F.N. Garcнa-Castillo, G.A. Lara-Rodrнguez, J. Cortйs-Pйrez, A. Reyes-Solнs)
Section 4 Applications
Chapter 9 Applications of SMA Bundles in Practical Concrete Structures (Lei Li, Qingbin Li and Fan Zhang)
Chapter 10 NiTi Shape Memory Alloys, Promising Materials in Orthopedic Applications (Marjan Bahraminasab and Barkawi Bin Sahari)
