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Modeling Rearrangement Process of Martensite Platelets in a Magnetic Shape Memory Alloy Ni2MnGa Single Crystal under Magnetic Field and (or) Stress Action
The aim of the article is the modeling of the rearrangement process between martensite variants in order to use magnetic shape memory alloys (MSMs) as actuators. In the framework of the thermodynamics of irreversible processes, an efficient choice of the internal variables to take into account the magnetic and mechanical actions and a free energy function are stated. The behavior is chosen as magnetically reversible and mechanically irreversible. An equivalence between magnetic field action H and uniaxial stress action σ for the initiation of the rearrangement is established. Finally, model predictions are compared with experimental measurements.
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