Ricerc@Sapienza

Shape memory alloys (SMAs) are a wide class of materials characterized by the property to recover the initial shape. This property is due to ability of alloys to change the microstructure from a “parent” microstructure (usually called “Austenite”) to a “product” microstructure (usually called “Martensite”). Considering the tensile resistance, SMAs stress strain curves are characterized by a sort of plateau were the transformations from Austenite to Martensite (in loading condition) and from Martensite to Austenite (in unloading condition) take place.