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Shape memory and superelastic alloys possess properties not present in ordinary metals meaning that they can be used for a variety of applications. Shape memory and superelastic alloys: Applications and technologies explores these applications discussing their key features and commercial performance...
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Woodhead Pub.,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Woodhead Publishing in materials
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781845697075 |
| Summary: |
Shape memory and superelastic alloys possess properties not present in ordinary metals meaning that they can be used for a variety of applications. Shape memory and superelastic alloys: Applications and technologies explores these applications discussing their key features and commercial performance. Readers will gain invaluable information and insight into the current and potential future applications of shape memory alloys. Part one covers the properties and processing of shape memory effect and superelasticity in alloys for practical users with chapters covering the basic characteristics of Ti-Ni-based and Ti-Nb-based shape memory and superelastic (SM/SE) alloys, the development and commercialisation of TiNi and Cu-based alloys, industrial processing and device elements, design of SMA coil springs for actuators before a final overview on the development of SM and SE applications. Part two introduces SMA application technologies with chapters investigating SMAs in electrical applications, hot-water supply, construction and housing, automobiles and railways and aerospace engineering before looking at the properties, processing and applications of Ferrous (Fe)-based SMAs. Part three focuses on the applications of superelastic alloys and explores their functions in the medical, telecommunications, clothing, sports and leisure industries. The appendix briefly describes the history and activity of the Association of Shape Memory Alloys (ASMA). With its distinguished editors and team of expert contributors, Shape memory and superelastic alloys: Applications and technologies is be a valuable reference tool for metallurgists as well as for designers, engineers and students involved in one of the many industries in which shape memory effect and superelasticity are used such as construction, automotive, medical, aerospace, telecommunications, water/heating, clothing, sports and leisure. Explores important applications of shape memory and superelastic alloys discussing their key features and commercial performanceAssesses the properties and processing of shape memory effect and superelasticity in alloys for practical users with chapters covering the basic characteristicsIntroduces SMA application technologies investigating SMAs in electrical applications, hot-water supply, construction and housing, automobiles and railways and aerospace engineering. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xvi, 208 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
0857092626 9780857092625 |
| Index Number: | TA487 |
| CLC: | TG139 |
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Properties and processing 1 -- Mechanisms and properties of shape memory effect and superelasticity in alloys and other materials: a practical guide / Introduction -- Properties of shape memory alloys (SMAs) -- Fundamentals of shape memory alloys (SMAs) -- Thermodynamics of martensitic transformation -- Conclusions -- References -- Basic characteristics of titanium-nickel (Ti-Ni)-based and titanium-niobium (Ti-Nb)-based alloys / Titanium-nickel (Ti-Ni)-based alloys -- Titanium-niobium (Ti-Nb)-based alloys -- Development and commercialization of titanium-nickel (Ti-Ni) and copper (Cu)-based shape memory alloys (SMAs) / Research on titanium-nickel (li-Ni)-based shape memory alloys (SMAs) -- Research on copper (Cu)-based shape memory alloys (SMAs). Applications of superelastic alloys in the telecommunications, industry / Products utilizing superelastic alloys in the telecommunications industry -- Applications of superelastic alloys in the clothing, sports and leisure industries / Products utilizing superelastic alloys in the clothing, sports and leisure industries -- Medical applications of superelastic nickel-titanium (Ni-Ti) alloys / Hallux valgus -- Orthodontic wire -- Guide wire -- Biliary stents -- Regional chemotherapy catheter -- Endoscopic guide wire -- Device for onychocryptosis correction -- References. Industrial processing of titanium-nickel (Ti-Ni) shape memory alloys (SMAs) to achieve key properties / Melting process -- Working process -- Forming and shape memory treatment -- Design of shape memory alloy (SMA) coil springs for actuator applications / Design of shape memory alloy (SMA) springs -- Design hape memory alloy (SMA) actuators -- Manufacturing of shape memory alloy (SMA) springs -- Reference -- Overview of the development of shape memory and superelastic alloy applications / History of the applications of titanium-nickel (Ti-Ni)-based shape memory and superelastic (SE) alloys -- Other shape memory alloys (SMAs) -- Examples of the main applications of titanium-nickel (Ti-Ni)-based alloys -- Application technologies for shape memory alloys (SMAs) -- Applications of shape memory alloys (SMAs) in electrical appliances / Automatic desiccators -- Products utilizing shape memory alloys (SMAs) -- Electric current actuator -- Applications of shape memory alloys (SMAs) in hot water supplies / Shower faucet with water temperature regulator -- Gas flow shielding device -- Bathtub adaptors -- The use of shape memory alloys (SMAs) in construction and housing / Underground ventilator -- Static rock breaker -- Easy-release screw -- Acknowledgements -- The use of shape memory alloys (SMAs) in automobiles and trains / Shape memory alloys (SMAs) in automobiles -- Oil controller in Shinkansen -- Steam trap -- The use of shape memory alloys (SMAs) in aerospace engineering / Development and properties of CryoFit (Aerofit, Inc.) -- Development and properties of Frangibolt (TiNi Aerospace, Inc.). Development and properties of Pinpuller (TiNi Aerospace, Inc.) -- Development and properties of variable geometry chevrons (VGC) (The Boeing Company) -- Development and properties of hinge and deployment of lightweight flexible solar array (LFSA) on EO-1 (NASA and Lockheed Martin Astronautics) -- Development and properties of rotating arm for material adherence experiment (MAE) in Mars Pathfinder mission (NASA) -- Ferrous (Fe-based) shape memory alloys (SMAs): properties, processing and applications / Iron-manganese-silicon (Fe-Mn-Si) shape memory alloys (SMAs) -- Shape memory effect of iron-manganese-silicon (Fe-Mn-Si) alloy -- Mechanical properties of iron-manganese-silicon (Fe-Mn-Si) shape memory alloys (SMAs) -- Proper process for shape memory effect -- Applications of iron-manganese-silicon (Fe-Mn-Si) shape memory alloys (SMAs) -- Future trends -- Application technologies for superelastic alloys. |