Interatomic potential for the NiTi alloy and its application

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Abstract

We construct a new interatomic potential for the NiTi alloy, consisting of the previously existing potentials for Ni and Ti and the cross-interaction terms by fitting to ab initio or experimental data of several Ni–Ti compounds. This potential correctly reproduces the lattice parameter, cohesive energy and equation of state for B2, B19 and B19′ phases. It also predicts three elastic constants of B2 (austenite) phase matching with experiments and thirteen elastic constants of B19′ (martensite) phase in satisfactory agreement with ab initio calculations, which are provided for the first time in comparison with other developed potentials. Additionally, the calculated moduli for B2 and B19′ are in accurate accord with the experimental findings. These good consistencies validate the usefulness of this potential for modeling the martensitic transformation of NiTi alloy induced by temperature or stress control.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)19-25
Number of pages7
JournalComputational Materials Science
Volume123
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2016

Keywords

  • Ab initio
  • Empirical potential
  • NiTi

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Computer Science
  • General Chemistry
  • General Materials Science
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • General Physics and Astronomy
  • Computational Mathematics

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