scholarly journals Low-cycle fatigue of single crystal nickel-based superalloy – mechanical testing and TEM characterisation

2019 ◽  
Vol 744 ◽  
pp. 538-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Zhang ◽  
LG. Zhao ◽  
A. Roy ◽  
VV. Silberschmidt ◽  
G. McColvin
2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liu Liu ◽  
Jie Meng ◽  
Jin-Lai Liu ◽  
Hai-Feng Zhang ◽  
Xu-Dong Sun ◽  
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2010 ◽  
Vol 139-141 ◽  
pp. 198-204
Author(s):  
Zhi Ping Ding ◽  
Ji Ping Chen ◽  
Teng Fei Wang ◽  
Ming Li

A formula of equivalent strain for FCC single crystal superalloy was derived based on Hill’s yield criterion and was used for design of biaxial tension-torsion strain paths and loading levels of specimens. biaxial tension-torsion non-proportional cyclic loading process for single crystal nickel-based superalloy at the temperature of 680°C and 850°C was simulated by FEM analyzes; and influence degree of factors, such as strain range, strain path angle, tension-torsion loading phase angle, cycle characteristics and temperature etc., to low cycle fatigue damage of single crystal nickel-based superalloy were analyzed by using analysis of variance based on orthogonal experiments. The results show that if Hill’s equivalent stress range is used as a fatigue damage parameter, the factors produce effects on low cycle fatigue damage of single crystal nickel-based superalloy. The factors are listed in the order of significance as followed: temperature, strain range, tension-torsion loading phase angle, strain path angle and axial loading strain ratio.


Materials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1917 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mu-Hang Zhang ◽  
Xiao-Hong Shen ◽  
Lei He ◽  
Ke-Shi Zhang

The relation between deformation inhomogeneity and low-cycle-fatigue failure of T2 pure copper and the nickel-based superalloy GH4169 under symmetric tension-compression cyclic strain loading is investigated by using a polycrystal representative volume element (RVE) as the material model. The anisotropic behavior of grains and the strain fields are calculated by crystal plasticity, taking the Bauschinger effect into account to track the process of strain cycles of metals, and the Shannon’s differential entropies of both distributions of the strain in the loading direction and the first principal strain are employed at the tension peak of the cycles as measuring parameters of strain inhomogeneity. Both parameters are found to increase in value with increments in the number of cycles and they have critical values for predicting the material’s fatigue failure. Compared to the fatigue test data, it is verified that both parameters measured by Shannon’s differential entropies can be used as fatigue indicating parameters (FIPs) to predict the low cycle fatigue life of metal.


2014 ◽  
Vol 891-892 ◽  
pp. 1033-1038
Author(s):  
Cheng Li Dong ◽  
Hui Chen Yu ◽  
Ying Li

The material properties of single crystal (SC) superalloys are orientation-dependent. To fully exploit the material capacity, the life modeling needs to consider the anisotropy. In the present study the life modeling of SC nickel-base superalloys is considered by employing the modified Mücker's anisotropic theory in which a Hill type function is utilized for describing the anisotropic failure. Strain-controlled low cycle fatigue (LCF) experiments of SC nickel-base superalloys at different crystallographic orientations (i.e.[00, [01 and [11) under high temperatures (i.e.760°C) are carried out to verify the modeling availability for the modified Mücker's anisotropic theory. Further, based on the stress-strain field obtained by the anisotropic elastoplastic constitutive model coupled with the finite element method (FEM), the modified Mücker's anisotropic theory is employed to predict the fatigue life for SC flat plate with a hole.


Author(s):  
Firat Irmak ◽  
Navindra Wijeyeratne ◽  
Taejun Yun ◽  
Ali Gordon

Abstract In the development and assessment of critical gas turbine components, simulations have a crucial role. An accurate life prediction approach is needed to estimate lifespan of these components. Nickel base superalloys remain the material of choice for gas turbine blades in the energy industry. These blades are required to withstand both fatigue and creep at extreme temperatures during their usage time. Nickel-base superalloys present an excellent heat resistance at high temperatures. Presence of chromium in the chemical composition makes these alloys highly resistant to corrosion, which is critical for turbine blades. This study presents a flexible approach to combine creep and fatigue damages for a single crystal Nickel-base superalloy. Stress and strain states are used to compute life calculations, which makes this approach applicable for component level. The cumulative damage approach is utilized in this study, where dominant damage modes are capturing primary microstructural mechanism associated with failure. The total damage is divided into two distinctive modules: fatigue and creep. Flexibility is imparted to the model through its ability to emphasize the dominant damage mechanism which may vary among alloys. Fatigue module is governed by a modified version of Coffin-Manson and Basquin model, which captures the orientation dependence of the candidate material. Additionally, Robinson’s creep rupture model is applied to predict creep damage in this study. A novel crystal visco-plasticity (CVP) model is used to simulate deformation of the alloy under several different types of loading. This model has capability to illustrate the temperature-, rate-, orientation-, and history-dependence of the material. A user defined material (usermat) is created to be used in ANSYS APDL 19.0, where the CVP model is applied by User Programmable Feature (UPF). This deformation model is constructed of a flow rule and internal state variables, where the kinematic hardening phenomena is captured by back stress. Octahedral, cubic and cross slip systems are included to perform simulations in different orientations. An implicit integration process that uses Newton-Raphson iteration scheme is utilized to calculate the desired solutions. Several tensile, low-cycle fatigue (LCF) and creep experiments were conducted to inform modeling parameters for the life prediction and the CVP models.


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