Heat Estimation from Infrared Measurement Compared to DSC for Austenite to R Phase Transformation in a NiTi Alloy

• DOI: 10.1007/s11665-012-0466-y
• Publication Date: 2013-01-17T16:23:42Z
• Authors: V. Delobelle; D. Favier; H. Louche
• Keywords: A-R transformation; [SPI.MECA.MSMECA]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Mechanics [physics.med-ph]/Materials and structures in mechanics [physics.class-ph]; 02 engineering and technology; 7. Clean energy; NiTi; 620; DSC; [SPI.MAT]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Materials; Heat source estimation; 0203 mechanical engineering; [SPI.MECA.MEMA]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Mechanics [physics.med-ph]/Mechanics of materials [physics.class-ph]; [SPI.MECA.THER]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Mechanics [physics.med-ph]/Thermics [physics.class-ph]; infrared thermal field measurement

Heat sources estimations from temperature field measurements deduced from infrared imaging are increasingly used to study thermo-mechanical coupling during materials deformation. These estimations are based on approximations of the derivative terms with respect to time and space which are involved in the heat diffusion equation. This paper proposes a first experimental validation of this method by applying it to an experimental uniform air cooling of a NiTi Shape Memory Alloy thin plate. In the studied cooling temperate range, heat sources are due to Austenite to R phase transformation. Transformation temperatures, heat sources and energies are estimated from infrared temperature measurements and compared to differential scanning calorimetry results. The small 2 discrepancies are mainly explained by errors in DSC measurements due to thermal inertia and baseline determination.