Wait till you read about how in ‘59 the properties of #Nitinol were discovered?

“One of the systems, nickel-titanium alloy, immediately exhibited considerably more [fatigue-, impact-, and heat-resistance] than the other eleven alloys. … In 1959 Buehler...named [this nickel-titanium alloy] NITINOL (Nickel Titanium Naval Ordnance Laboratory). That same year he made an observation about [NITINOL] that hinted at the extraordinary, but still undiscovered, property of Nitinol. I distinctly remember my very exciting discovery of the acoustic damping change with temperature change near room temperature.”

#uap / #MetaMaterials / #Nickel /. #Titanium <https://www.scasd.org/cms/lib/PA01000006/Centricity/Domain/1489/The%20Story%20of%20Nitinol.pdf>

Wait till you read about how in ‘59 the properties of #Nitinol were discovered?

“One of the systems, nickel-titanium alloy, immediately exhibited considerably more [fatigue-, impact-, and heat-resistance] than the other eleven alloys. … In 1959 Buehler...named [this nickel-titanium alloy] NITINOL (Nickel Titanium Naval Ordnance Laboratory). That same year he made an observation about [NITINOL] that hinted at the extraordinary, but still undiscovered, property of Nitinol. I distinctly remember my very exciting discovery of the acoustic damping change with temperature change near room temperature.”

#uap / #MetaMaterials / #Nickel /#Titanium <https://www.scasd.org/cms/lib/PA01000006/Centricity/Domain/1489/The%20Story%20of%20Nitinol.pdf>

Wait till you read about how in ‘59 the properties of #Nitinol were uncovered?

“One of the systems, nickel-titanium alloy, immediately exhibited considerably more [fatigue-, impact-, and heat-resistance] than the other eleven alloys. … In 1959 Buehler...named [this nickel-titanium alloy] NITINOL (Nickel Titanium Naval Ordnance Laboratory). That same year he made an observation about [NITINOL] that hinted at the extraordinary, but still undiscovered, property of Nitinol. I distinctly remember my very exciting discovery of the acoustic damping change with temperature change near room temperature.”

#uap / #MetaMaterials / #Nickel /#Titanium <https://www.scasd.org/cms/lib/PA01000006/Centricity/Domain/1489/The%20Story%20of%20Nitinol.pdf>

An interesting Veritasium video about NASA working on making tires using the shape memory effect of Nickel titanium (Nitinol).

Beside Mars rovers, they might be used to create non-pneumatic tires for bicycles, cars and planes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSNtifE0Z2Q

#Technology #Engineering #NASA #Tires #Materials #Nitinol #NickelTitanium

Just released #MCalibration 7.1.1 ✨ . This version includes support for #SMA #Nitinol #MaterialModels. Change log is here: https://polymerfem.com/changelog/

The next version of #MCalibration will also support the #Abaqus #Superelastic (i.e. #Nitinol) material model. Very cool!

nitinol wire remembers when heated...

#nickeltitanium #nitinol #wire #paperclip #memory #remember #heat #animatedgif

nitinol wire remembers when heated...

#nickeltitanium #nitinol #wire #paperclip #memory #remember #heat #animatedgif

nitinol wire remembers when heated...

#nickeltitanium #nitinol #wire #paperclip #memory #remember #heat #animatedgif

nitinol wire remembers when heated...

#nickeltitanium #nitinol #wire #paperclip #memory #remember #heat #animatedgif