TEM study of deformation bands created by mechanical cycling of a superelastic Ti-50.9 at.% Ni alloy
摘要
The effect of cyclic tensile deformation in the loading/unloading mode in the superelastic loop region on the deformation structure of a nanocrystalline aging superelastic Ti-50.9 at.% Ni alloy is studied. It is shown that the initial stage (from 0 to 5–10 cycles) corresponds to the accumulation of dislocations with the formation of a three-dimensional network with the nodes pinned by Ti3Ni4 particles, which inhibits the dislocation activity. After 10 loading cycles, there develop additional accommodative deformation mechanisms in the strengthened dislocation structure. It is found out that the relaxation of high internal stresses results in the formation of the reorientation mesobands, which ensure effective stress relaxation due to a local lattice reorientation.