Magnetomechanical behavior of a ferromagnetic shape memory alloy: Fe3Pd

Thomas W. Shield; Jun Cui

doi:10.1117/12.474982

11 July 2002 Magnetomechanical behavior of a ferromagnetic shape memory alloy: Fe₃Pd

Thomas W. Shield, Jun Cui

Proceedings Volume 4699, Smart Structures and Materials 2002: Active Materials: Behavior and Mechanics; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.474982
Event: SPIE's 9th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, 2002, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The alloy Fe₃Pd undergoes a reversible structural phase transformation between FCC and FCT crystal structures at approximately 20 degrees C. The FCT structure has lattice parameters relative to the parent phase with lattice parameter a0, where a/a0 > 1 and c/a0 < 1. In addition the three martensite variants of the FCT structure are also ferromagnetic. Magnetic measurements have shown that the easy magnetic axes correspond to the FCT axes with the lattice parameter a. A new instrument called a Magneto-Mechanical Testing Machine (MMTM) is used to study the magneto-mechanical response of this alloy. This instrument allows a specimen to be loaded mechanically uniaxially, while the magnetic field can be rotated in a plane containing the loading axis. In addition, the temperature of the specimen can be controlled while the microstructure on its surface is observed using an optical microscope equipped to view surface tilt using differential interference contrast (DIC). The results of experiments that control the rearrangement of the martensite variants through applied compressive loading and magnetic field, will be discussed.

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Thomas W. Shield and Jun Cui "Magnetomechanical behavior of a ferromagnetic shape memory alloy: Fe₃Pd", Proc. SPIE 4699, Smart Structures and Materials 2002: Active Materials: Behavior and Mechanics, (11 July 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.474982

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