Fatigue analysis of a near-equiatomic pseudo-elastic NiTi SMA
In the present paper, the fatigue behaviour of a near-equiatomic pseudo-elastic NiTi SMA (Shape Memory Alloy) is experimentally examined by means of tensile cyclic loading tests. In situ X-ray Diffraction (XRD) analyses are also performed in order to measure the contents of both austenite and martensite phase during testing. The experimental campaign highlights a stress–strain diagram defined through five different stress–strain functions.