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Finite Strain Shape Memory Alloys Modeling - Scuola di Dottorato in ...

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last term of equation (4.7) ensures that the free energy is null <strong>in</strong> the undeformedstate, i.e. when C=1.4.2.1.2 Transformation Free EnergyAdopt<strong>in</strong>g the basic idea of Souza et al. (1998), <strong>in</strong> order to account for <strong>di</strong>fferentexperimental features of shape-memory alloys the transformation free energyevaluated as the sum of some contributes.In particular, denot<strong>in</strong>g with E ( C 1)computed by means of the follow<strong>in</strong>g relation:tΨtis= 1 2t− the Green-Lagrange stra<strong>in</strong>, Ψ tisΨ ( E ) =Ψ ( E ) +Ψ ( E ) +Ψ ( E ) +I ( E )(4.8)t t ch t tr t id t ε L twhere:• Ψchis the chemical energy, due to the thermally-<strong>in</strong>duced martensitictransformation. The phase transformation <strong>in</strong> the SMA depends on the temperatureand <strong>in</strong> particular, <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g the gap between the test temperature and thecharacteristic temperatureMf, the transition from austenite to martensite starts foran higher value of the stress. Furthermore, experimental evidences show that forT ≤ M fthe stress do not depend yet on the test temperature. For all these reasons,the chemical energy is assumed to be a positive and monotonically <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>gfunction of the temperature. Introduc<strong>in</strong>g the quantity ω = tr ( E)and the function:h( ω)⎧1 ifω> 0= ⎨⎩0 ifω≤ 0(4.9)it can be expressed as:62

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