On one hand, the experimental crystallographic data of Chang and
Read and the theoretical ones of Lieberman et al. permit a physical
approach of the martensitic transformation of Au–47.5% at. Cd. On the
other hand, an extension to the AuCd crystallographic system of the simple
micromechanical model, developed by Lexcellent et al. for CuZnAl
single crystals, allows an efficient modelling of the tension-compression
and pure tension tests, performed on single crystals by Nakanishi
et al. in the pseudoelastic range.