Anisotropy of elastocaloric cooling effect in equal atomic ratio NiTi alloy with crystallographic texture

The influence of anisotropy induced by the crystallographic texture on the elastocaloric cooling effect of rolled NiTi alloy was investigated. Cyclic tensile tests were conducted along various directions angles (θ) between the rolling direction (RD) and the transverse direction (TD). The results demonstrated that the dominant texture component of the material were {110}<110> and {001}<110>. With the presence of texture component {110}<110> and {001}<110>, the elastocaloric cooling effect of rolled NiTi alloy presented unusual anisotropy. The adiabatic temperature change ΔTadi is maximum in the θ = 0° direction (//RD) and minimum in the θ = 90° (//TD)direction. The material coefficient of performance COPmat and Carnot COP were also analyzed and evaluated. The maximum COPmat and Carnot COP obtained were 26.5 and 67%, respectively, indicating a remarkable balance between cooling capacity and efficiency. The present research shed light on optimizing the elastocaloric cooling effect by introducing crystallographic texture characteristic in rolled NiTi alloy.