Chapter 3

Experimental Characterization of Shape Memory Alloys

Gabriella Faiella1,  and Vincenza Antonucci2     1Institut fur Kunststoffe und Verbundwerkstoffe, Technische Universitat Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany     2Institute for Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials (IPCB), National Research Council (CNR), Portici (NA), Italy

Abstract

In this chapter, we examine the techniques used for characterizing alloy properties. This discussion is useful for a better understanding of material behavior as well as for proper exploitation of the material properties for specific engineering applications and practical implementations. Proper determination of transformation temperatures by calorimetric analysis is the preliminary characterization test that ...

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