Natural SciencesMaterials EngineeringMaterials ScienceMechanical Behavior Of MaterialsMemoryDeformation MechanismsElastic DeformationPlastic DeformationPlasticityShape DeformationStress-strain BehaviorAnnealingAnnealing Temperature EffectsDeformation BehaviorElasticity Of SolidsShape Memory Effects
If you deform an ordinary material below its elastic limit and keep it below its annealing temperature, it will return to its original shape once the load is removed. If the stress is too large, however, or if the temperature is allowed to become too high, the deformation becomes permanent, and the material retains no memory of its original shape.
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F. C. Frank · Acta Metallurgica · 1953 · 222 citations
The shape memory mechanism in 18R martensitic alloys
Toshio Saburi, C.M. Wayman, Keiko Takata et al. · Acta Metallurgica · 1980 · 110 citations
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