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Illustration of the shape memory cycle in stress/temperature, stress/strain, and strain/temperature planes. Step 1 is isothermal loading, Step 2 is cooling at constant load, Step 3 is isothermal unloading, and Step 4 is shape recovery upon heating under load-free conditions.
