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Main Authors: Yan, Kai, Chu, Kangjie, Hua, Peng, Wei, Pengbo, Gu, Hanlin, Zhuang, Qiming, He, Weifeng, Ren, Fuzeng, Sun, Qingping, Ritchie, Robert O.
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.19440
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author Yan, Kai
Chu, Kangjie
Hua, Peng
Wei, Pengbo
Gu, Hanlin
Zhuang, Qiming
He, Weifeng
Ren, Fuzeng
Sun, Qingping
Ritchie, Robert O.
author_facet Yan, Kai
Chu, Kangjie
Hua, Peng
Wei, Pengbo
Gu, Hanlin
Zhuang, Qiming
He, Weifeng
Ren, Fuzeng
Sun, Qingping
Ritchie, Robert O.
contents Elastocaloric cooling with shape memory alloys (SMAs) is emerging as a promising candidate for next-generation, environmentally friendly refrigeration. However, its development is hindered by the large driving force and low efficiency associated with uniaxial loading modes. In response, we present an innovative elastocaloric air cooling approach that utilizes the bending of NiTi beams, offering a low-force and energy-efficient solution. We achieve a continuous maximum temperature drop of 0.91 K and a dissipated energy of 15.1 N mm at a low specific driving force of 220 N. Notably, the specimen achieves over 5 million cycles under a maximum surface tensile strain of 1.94% for macroscopic cyclic bending, via a pre-strained, warm laser shock peening (pw-LSP) method. This unprecedented fatigue resistance originates from the formation of a hierarchical microstructure and a large compressive residual stress of over 1 GPa. This work demonstrates the great potential of bending induced elastocaloric cooling in the near future.
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spellingShingle Low driving-force stable bending cooling via fatigue-resistant hierarchical NiTi shape memory alloy
Yan, Kai
Chu, Kangjie
Hua, Peng
Wei, Pengbo
Gu, Hanlin
Zhuang, Qiming
He, Weifeng
Ren, Fuzeng
Sun, Qingping
Ritchie, Robert O.
Materials Science
Elastocaloric cooling with shape memory alloys (SMAs) is emerging as a promising candidate for next-generation, environmentally friendly refrigeration. However, its development is hindered by the large driving force and low efficiency associated with uniaxial loading modes. In response, we present an innovative elastocaloric air cooling approach that utilizes the bending of NiTi beams, offering a low-force and energy-efficient solution. We achieve a continuous maximum temperature drop of 0.91 K and a dissipated energy of 15.1 N mm at a low specific driving force of 220 N. Notably, the specimen achieves over 5 million cycles under a maximum surface tensile strain of 1.94% for macroscopic cyclic bending, via a pre-strained, warm laser shock peening (pw-LSP) method. This unprecedented fatigue resistance originates from the formation of a hierarchical microstructure and a large compressive residual stress of over 1 GPa. This work demonstrates the great potential of bending induced elastocaloric cooling in the near future.
title Low driving-force stable bending cooling via fatigue-resistant hierarchical NiTi shape memory alloy
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.19440