Microstructure Sensitive Fatigue Crack Nucleation in Titanium Alloys Using Accelerated Crystal Plasticity FE Simulations

2016 ◽  
pp. 43-62
Author(s):  
Somnath Ghosh ◽  
Pritam Chakraborty
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Titanium Alloys ◽  
Crystal Plasticity ◽  
Crack Nucleation ◽  
Fatigue Crack Nucleation ◽  
Fe Simulations

scholarly journals Crack nucleation using combined crystal plasticity modelling, high-resolution digital image correlation and high-resolution electron backscatter diffraction in a superalloy containing non-metallic inclusions under fatigue

2016 ◽  
Vol 472 (2189) ◽  
pp. 20150792 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiantian Zhang ◽  
Jun Jiang ◽  
Ben Britton ◽  
Barbara Shollock ◽  
Fionn Dunne
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Crack ◽  
Crystal Plasticity ◽  
Electron Backscatter Diffraction ◽  
Crack Nucleation ◽  
Image Correlation ◽  
Fatigue Crack Nucleation ◽  
Resolution Electron ◽  
Electron Backscatter ◽  
Mechanistic Basis ◽  
Backscatter Diffraction

A crystal plasticity finite-element model, which explicitly and directly represents the complex microstructures of a non-metallic agglomerate inclusion within polycrystal nickel alloy, has been developed to study the mechanistic basis of fatigue crack nucleation. The methodology is to use the crystal plasticity model in conjunction with direct measurement at the microscale using high (angular) resolution-electron backscatter diffraction (HR-EBSD) and high (spatial) resolution-digital image correlation (HR-DIC) strain measurement techniques. Experimentally, this sample has been subjected to heat treatment leading to the establishment of residual (elastic) strains local to the agglomerate and subsequently loaded under conditions of low cyclic fatigue. The full thermal and mechanical loading history was reproduced within the model. HR-EBSD and HR-DIC elastic and total strain measurements demonstrate qualitative and quantitative agreement with crystal plasticity results. Crack nucleation by interfacial decohesion at the nickel matrix/agglomerate inclusion boundaries is observed experimentally, and systematic modelling studies enable the mechanistic basis of the nucleation to be established. A number of fatigue crack nucleation indicators are also assessed against the experimental results. Decohesion was found to be driven by interface tensile normal stress alone, and the interfacial strength was determined to be in the range of 1270–1480 MPa.

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