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The present work aims to investigate the functional and structural fatigue of Ni49·8Ti50.2 (at.%) shape memory alloy (SMA) wires subjected to thermal cycling under a constant stress. More than 70 specimens were tested under 7 stress levels ranging from 140MPa to 200MPa. Probabilistic analysis of the fatigue life were performed, including analysis of final plastic strain and recovery strain, the evolution...