Abstract: The snap-acting transition and two way shape memory (TWSM) effect have been obtained in a TWSM spring made of Ni51Ti49 alloy using the constrained effect of stress on driving force of TWSM material.When the snap-acting transition has been realized:M_s= M_f and A_s=A_f;hysteresis is rectangular,the height (TWSM effect) and width (hysteresis) of the rectangle can be readjusted by means of constrained stress.The results of resistance measurments show that,the snap-acting TWSM effect mentioned above was supplied mainly from the transformation of P←→R.The thermodynamic model has also been proposed to ac- count for the snap-acting transformation.

Key words: transformation thermodynamics, snap action transformation, snap action device, two way shape memory effect