Defining superelasticity

You can use the superelastic material model to model Nitinol-type materials that undergo solid-solid, martensitic phase transformation and exhibit superelastic response. This model can also be used to model the stress-induced transformation of austenite to single variant martensite, the stress-induced transformation of martensite to austenite, reorientation of martensite, and the shape setting process.


In this section:

Defining a superelasticity model
Defining superelastic hardening
Defining superelastic hardening modifications