Material Science and Engineering of NiTi Shape Memory Alloys Fundamentals, Microstructure, Processing and Applications

This timely monograph on a very hot topic guides readers from the physical principles of shape memory effects to recent progress in the field. It discusses mechanical behavior and machining as well as thin films and microsystems, while also illustrating corrosion behavior and biocompatibility with respect to their applications in medicine and engineering. Furthermore, supplementary online material, including movies, will be provided, linked to the chapters.
Edited by an outstanding scientist in NiTi SMAs with an excellent reputation and worldwide visibility, this is a valuable resource for both newcomers and experts.

After receiving his PhD in Engineering at the University of Erlangen, Germany, Prof. Gunther Eggeler went on with his research at the EPFL, Switzerland. His research interests include Elementary deformation processes, high temperature materials, Martensitic transformations, Shape memory alloys, Transmission and scanning electron microscopy, Quantitative metallography, High temperature solid state reactions, solidification processes and interaction of solids with gases and melts, Modelling of deformation and transformation processes.
His broad international experiences include 3 years in England as Senior Principal Metallurgist at ERA Technology, a visiting scholar at the Ohio State University, USA, and a visiting scholar at the Centro Atomico der Bariloche, Argentina. In 2008 he was Brahm Prakash Visiting Professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He is currently director of the chair of Materials Science at the Ruhr-University Bochum, Speaker of the International Max Planck Research School SurMat (Surface and Interface Engineering in Advanced Materials) and since 2000 director of a Research Center on Shape Memory Technology SFB 459, funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG.

Twelve Years of NiTi Shape Memory Research in the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 459 at the Ruhr University Bochum

Fundamentals, Microstructure and Shape Memory Effects

Basic Mechanical Properties of Shape Memory Alloys

Micromechanics and Mechanics of Shape Memory Alloys

Ingot and Powder Metallurgy of NiTi Shape Memory Alloys

Machining and Joining of NiTi Shape Memory Alloys

Thin Films and Microsystems

Structural and Functional Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics

Advanced Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy

Electrochemistry, Corrosion and Biocompatibility

Scale Bridging Modelling of Shape Memory Behaviour

Applications of Shape Memory Alloys and Properties of Shape Memory Components

Engineering Design and System Integration

Data, Facts and Figures