Mechanical stress or strain —drives→ Elastocaloric effect

Conditions

• stress large enough to drive the martensitic transformation of a shape-memory alloy

Evidence · 2

1. [1]
   J. Tušek et al.. A regenerative elastocaloric heat pump (2016)

   Nature Energy 1, 16134 · doi:10.1038/nenergy.2016.134 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record
2. [2]
   X. Moya, S. Kar-Narayan, N. D. Mathur. Caloric materials near ferroic phase transitions (2014)

   Nature Materials 13, 439–450 · doi:10.1038/nmat3951 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record

Matrix cells this relation feeds

D = disequilibrium row · C = coupling family column. A cell reads the state of the atlas for that pair.

Uses of this claim

• Vibration-driven elastocaloric cooler (proposed)proposed in the literature, not demonstrated · 4 steps
• Bending-actuated NiTi elastocaloric air coolerdemonstrated · 2 steps
• Regenerative elastocaloric heat pumpdemonstrated · 2 steps

• Temperature gradient → Thermal expansion → Mechanical stress or strain → Elastocaloric effect → Cooling3/4 established · same energy form
• Temperature gradient → Thermal expansion → Mechanical stress or strain → Elastocaloric effect → Useful heat3/4 established · same energy form
• Pressure gradient → Elastic deformation → Mechanical stress or strain → Elastocaloric effect → Cooling3/4 established · extends a recorded pathway
• Pressure gradient → Elastic deformation → Mechanical stress or strain → Elastocaloric effect → Useful heat3/4 established · extends a recorded pathway
• Mechanical vibration → Resonant vibration → Mechanical stress or strain → Elastocaloric effect → Cooling3/4 established · candidate
• Mechanical vibration → Resonant vibration → Mechanical stress or strain → Elastocaloric effect → Useful heat3/4 established · candidate
• Mechanical vibration → Elastic deformation → Mechanical stress or strain → Elastocaloric effect → Useful heat3/4 established · candidate
• Mechanical stress or strain → Elastocaloric effect → Temporal temperature change → Pyroelectric effect → Separated surface charge → Electrical work5/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
• Temperature gradient → Marangoni effect → Pressure gradient → Elastic deformation → Mechanical stress or strain → Elastocaloric effect → Cooling4/6 established · same energy form
• Temperature gradient → Marangoni effect → Pressure gradient → Elastic deformation → Mechanical stress or strain → Elastocaloric effect → Useful heat4/6 established · same energy form
• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Thermal expansion → Mechanical stress or strain → Elastocaloric effect → Cooling5/6 established · candidate
• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Thermal expansion → Mechanical stress or strain → Elastocaloric effect → Useful heat5/6 established · candidate
• Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Thermal expansion → Mechanical stress or strain → Elastocaloric effect → Cooling5/6 established · candidate
• Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Thermal expansion → Mechanical stress or strain → Elastocaloric effect → Useful heat5/6 established · candidate
• Electric potential difference → Ettingshausen effect → Temperature gradient → Thermal expansion → Mechanical stress or strain → Elastocaloric effect → Cooling5/6 established · candidate
• Electric potential difference → Ettingshausen effect → Temperature gradient → Thermal expansion → Mechanical stress or strain → Elastocaloric effect → Useful heat5/6 established · candidate
• Bulk fluid flow → Flow-induced vibration → Mechanical vibration → Resonant vibration → Mechanical stress or strain → Elastocaloric effect → Cooling5/6 established · extends a recorded pathway
• Bulk fluid flow → Flow-induced vibration → Mechanical vibration → Resonant vibration → Mechanical stress or strain → Elastocaloric effect → Useful heat5/6 established · extends a recorded pathway
• Bulk fluid flow → Flow-induced vibration → Mechanical vibration → Elastic deformation → Mechanical stress or strain → Elastocaloric effect → Cooling5/6 established · candidate
• Bulk fluid flow → Flow-induced vibration → Mechanical vibration → Elastic deformation → Mechanical stress or strain → Elastocaloric effect → Useful heat5/6 established · candidate
• Bulk fluid flow → Ocean wave motion → Pressure gradient → Elastic deformation → Mechanical stress or strain → Elastocaloric effect → Cooling5/6 established · extends a recorded pathway
• Bulk fluid flow → Ocean wave motion → Pressure gradient → Elastic deformation → Mechanical stress or strain → Elastocaloric effect → Useful heat5/6 established · extends a recorded pathway
• Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Thermal expansion → Mechanical stress or strain → Elastocaloric effect → Cooling5/6 established · candidate
• Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Thermal expansion → Mechanical stress or strain → Elastocaloric effect → Useful heat5/6 established · candidate

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