Shape memory properties in NiTi alloys

Mechanical properties of shape memory NiTi alloys are here examined in the frame of literature's results. The operating temperature respect to the intrinsic transformation temperatures explains thoroughly the different stress-strain behaviour, ascribed to different deformation mechanisms acting and to their interplay. Attention is moreover paid to the stress-strain behaviour consequent to a different physical state (martensite phase or parent phase), obtained within the hysteresis cycle, at the same temperature. Evidence of oriented variants, selected by the applied stress, is also given