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Thermomechanical Fatigue Testing on Fe-Mn-Si Shape Memory Alloys in Prestress Conditions
Authors:Eva Marinopoulou  Konstantinos Katakalos
Affiliation:Laboratory of Strength of Materials and Structures, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece
Abstract:
Active materials have gained increasing momentum during the last decades due to their ability to act as sensors and actuators without the need for an external controlling system or an electronic signal. Shape memory alloys (SMAs), which are a subcategory of active materials, are slowly being introduced in the civil engineering sector in applications that refer to prestressing and strengthening of various structural elements. Low-cost iron-based SMAs are a good alternative to the Ni-Ti SMAs for such uses since the cost of large-scale civil engineering applications would otherwise be prohibitive. The scope of this study is the investigation of the thermomechanical response of the Fe-17Mn-5Si-10Cr-4Ni-1(V,C) ferrous SMA. In particular, this study focuses on the application of prestress, and on the alloy’s behavior under fatigue loadings. In addition, the effect of loading frequency on the recovery stress of the material is thoroughly investigated. Four dog-bone specimens were prepared and tested in low-cycle fatigue. All the experiments aimed at the simulation of prestress. The recovery stress was monitored after pre-straining and heating applied under strain–control conditions. The experimental results are promising in terms of the is situ prestress feasibility since the measured recovery stress values are satisfactory high.
Keywords:ferrous shape memory alloys   prestress   recovery stress   relaxation   thermomechanical behavior   fatigue   active materials   low-cost SMAs   civil engineering applications
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