형상기억복합재료는 복합재료내에 압축잔류응력을 발생시킴으로써 재료의 인장강도를 증가시키는데 사용되어 지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 형상기억복합재료를 제조하기 위하여 TiNi 강화재와 A16061 기지재를 사용하였으며 핫프레스 방법에 의해 TiNi/A16061 형상기억복합재료를 제조하였다. 그러나 핫 프레스 방법에 의해 제조된 형상기억복합재료는 하중을 받을 시 강화재와 기지재 사이에 계면손상현상이 발생하였으며 이를 위하여 내간압연을 실시하였다. 냉간압연을 받은 시험편은 냉간압연을 받지 않은 시험편에 비하여 인장강도가 현저히 증가하였다. 또한 본 연구에서는 고온에서 형상기억복합재료의 미시적 손상을 평가하기 위하여 음향방출기법을 이용하였다.
Shape memory alloy has been used to improve the tensile strength of composite by the occurrence of compressive residual stress in matrix using its shape memory effect. In order to fabricate shape memory alloy composite, TiNi alloy and A16061 were used as reinforcing material and mix, respectively. In this study, TiNi/A16061 shape memory alloy composite was made by using hot press method. However, the specimen fabricated by this method had the bonding problem at the boundary between TiNi fiber and Al matrix when the load was applied to it. A cold rolling was imposed to the specimen to improve the bonding effect. It was found that tensile strength of specimen subjected to cold rolling was more increased than that of specimen which did not underwent cold rolling. In addition, acoustic emission technique was used to quantify the microscopic damage behavior of cold rolled TiNi/A16061 shape memory alloy composite at high temperature.
