Stress-Induced Change of the Microstructure and Strength of Modified 9Cr-1Mo Steel Under Fatigue and Creep Loadings at Elevated Temperatures

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taichi Shinozaki ◽  
Ken Suzuki ◽  
Hideo Miura
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Applied Stress ◽  
Test Temperature ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Critical Value ◽  
Atomic Diffusion ◽  
Dominant Factor ◽  
Martensitic Structure ◽  
Creep Tests ◽  
Microstructure Change

The change of the lath martensitic structure in modified 9Cr-1Mo steel was observed in the specimens after the fatigue and creep tests using EBSD (Electron Back-Scatter Diffraction). The Kernel Average Misorientation (KAM) value obtained from the EBSD analysis were used for the quantitative evaluation of the change in the lath martensitic texture. It was found that the average KAM values of the fractured specimens decreased clearly after 107−108 cycles of the fatigue loading at temperatures higher than 500°C when the amplitude of the applied stress exceeded a critical value. This change corresponded to the disappearance of the lath martensitic structure. The critical value decreased monotonically with the increase of the test temperature. This microstructure change decreased the strength of the alloy drastically. It was found that the change of the microstructure started at a certain time at each test temperature as a function of the amplitude of the applied stress. There was the critical stress at which the microstructure change started at each test temperature higher than 500°C, and the activation energy of the change was determined as a function of temperature and the amplitude of the applied stress. The dominant factor of the microstructure change was the stress-induced acceleration of the atomic diffusion of the component elements in the alloy. In order to improve the long-term reliability of the alloy, it is very important to increase the activation energy by modifying the microstructure of this alloy.

Disappearance of Strengthened Micro Texture of Modified 9Cr-1Mo Steel Caused by Stress-Induced Acceleration of Atomic Diffusion at Elevated Temperatures

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yifan Luo ◽  
Hideo Miura
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Stress ◽  
Creep Test ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Effective Diffusion ◽  
Fatigue Loading ◽  
Critical Value ◽  
Prediction Equation ◽  
Electron Back Scatter Diffraction ◽  
Atomic Diffusion ◽  
Creep Tests

The change of the lath martensitic structure in the modified 9Cr-1Mo steel was observed in the specimens after the intermittent fatigue and creep tests using EBSD (Electron Back-Scatter Diffraction) analysis. The Kernel Average Misorientation (KAM) value and the image quality (IQ) value obtained from the EBSD analysis were used for the quantitative evaluation of the change in the lath martensitic texture. It was found that the lath martensitic texture started to disappear clearly after 107–108 cycles under the fatigue loading at temperatures higher than 500°C when the amplitude of the applied stress exceeded a critical value. Similar change also appeared in the creep test. The critical value decreased monotonically with the increase of the test temperature. This microstructure change decreased the strength of the alloy drastically. In order to explicate the dominant factors of the change quantitatively, the changes of the microstructure and the strength of the alloy were continuously measured by applying an intermittent creep test at elevated temperatures. It was found that the effective activation energy of atomic diffusion decreased drastically under the application of mechanical stress at elevated temperatures. The effective diffusion length for the disappearance was about 9 μm, and this value was much larger than the initial pitch of the lath martensitic texture of about 0.5 μm, and smaller than the average size of the initial austenite grains of about 20 μm. Therefore, the stress-induced acceleration of atomic diffusion was attributed to the disappearance of the initially strengthened micro texture. The change of the micro texture caused the drastic decrease in the yielding strength of this alloy. Finally, the prediction equation of the lifetime of the alloy was proposed by considering the stress-induced acceleration of atomic diffusion under the application of mechanical stress at elevated temperatures.

Disappearance of Martensitic Strengthened-Micro-Texture in Modified 9Cr-1Mo Steel Caused by Stress-Induced Acceleration of Atomic Diffusion at Elevated Temperatures

2018 ◽  
Vol 774 ◽  
pp. 31-35
Author(s):  
Taichi Shinozaki ◽  
Ken Suzuki ◽  
Hideo Miura
Keyword(s):  
Power Plants ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Atomic Diffusion ◽  
Dominant Factor ◽  
Micro Structure ◽  
Creep Tests ◽  
Heat Resistant Steel ◽  
Component Element ◽  
Applied Tensile Stress

Modified 9Cr-1Mo steel is a heat-resistant steel developed for a steam generator in a FBR (Fast Breeder Reactor) and it has been applied to various thermal power plants. Recently, it was found that the fatigue limits did not appear up to 108 cycles at temperatures higher than 500oC. The reason for the decrease of the fatigue life was attributed to the change of the initially designed microstructure of the alloy. The initially dispersed fine lath martensitic texture disappeared at temperatures higher than 500°C, when the magnitude of the applied stress exceeded a certain critical value. In order to explicate the dominant factors of the change quantitatively, the change of the microstructure and the strength of the alloy were continuously observed by applying an intermittent fatigue and creep tests at elevated temperatures and EBSD analysis. It was found that there was a critical stress which caused the microstructure change at each test temperature higher than 500°C, and the activation energy of the change was determined as a function of temperature and the applied tensile stress. The dominant factor of the micro structure change was the stress-induced acceleration of the atomic diffusion of the component element of the alloy.

Creep Properties of a High Niobium Containing γ-TiAl Alloy Sheet Material

2002 ◽  
Vol 753 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Bartels ◽  
S. Bystrzanowski ◽  
R. Gerling ◽  
F.-P. Schimansky ◽  
H. Kestler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Stress Exponent ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Sheet Material ◽  
Rolling Direction ◽  
Constant Load ◽  
Alloy Sheet ◽  
Tensile Creep ◽  
Creep Tests ◽  
Fine Grained

ABSTRACTIn this study Ti-46Al-9Nb (at%) sheet material processed by a powder metallurgical route was examined. Subsequent to hot rolling the sheets were subjected to a stress-relief treatment at 1273K for 3 hours. During this heat treatment a fine-grained near gamma microstructure has been formed. 100 hours tensile creep tests under constant load were carried out at 700°C in rolling direction, transverse direction as well as 45° direction. Using the method of load changes a stress exponent of 4.1 was determined. Furthermore, the apparent activation energy was determined in the temperature range of 715 – 775°C. Both stress exponent and activation energy suggest that diffusion assisted dislocation climb is the dominant creep mode. A comparison of these results with those of so-called conventional or so-called “2nd generation” γ-TiAl based alloys, e.g. Ti-46.5Al-4(Cr,Nb,Ta,B) (at%) and Ti-47Al-4(Cr,Mn,Nb,Si,B) (at%), indicates a significantly better creep resistance and a higher activation energy of the high Nb containing alloy. Additionally, internal friction experiments were conducted in order to analyze the deformation behavior under very small strains at elevated temperatures.

Creep-Damage-Induced Deterioration of the Strength of Ni-Base Superalloy due to the Change of its Microstructure

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hayato Sakamoto ◽  
Ken Suzuki ◽  
Hideo Miura
Keyword(s):  
Power Plants ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Creep Damage ◽  
Test Sample ◽  
Test System ◽  
Electron Back Scatter Diffraction ◽  
Dominant Factor ◽  
Jet Engines ◽  
Creep Tests ◽  
Kikuchi Pattern

Ni-base superalloys are widely used for various power plants and jet engines. Since the operating temperature of thermal plants and equipment has been increasing to improve their thermal efficiency for decreasing the emission of carbon-dioxide, the initially designed microstructure was found to change gradually during their operation. Since this change of microstructure should deteriorate the strength of the materials, sudden unexpected fracture should occur during the operation of the plants and equipment. Therefore, it is very important to clarify the dominant factor of the change of the microstructure and the relationship between the microstructure and its strength for assuring the stable and reliable operation of the plants and equipment. In this study, the change of the strength of a grain and a grain boundary of Ni-base superalloys caused by the change of their microstructure was measured by using a micro tensile test system in a scanning ion microscope. A creep test was applied to bulk alloys at elevated temperatures and a small test sample was cut from the bulk alloy with different microstructure caused by creep damage by using focused ion beams. The test sample was fixed to a silicon beam and a micro probe, respectively, by tungsten deposition. Finally, the test sample was thinned to 1μm and the sample was stretched to fracture at room temperature. The change of the order of atom arrangement of the sample was evaluated by applying electron back-scatter diffraction (EBSD) analysis quantitatively. In this study, the quality of grains in Ni-base superalloys was analyzed by using image quality (IQ) value calculated by using Hough transform of the observed Kikuchi pattern. It was found that the order of atom arrangement was deteriorated monotonically during the creep tests and this deterioration corresponded to the change of the microstructure clearly. Both the yield strength and the ultimate tensile strength of a grain in the alloys decreased drastically with the change of the microstructure, in other words, the IQ value of the grains. There was a clear relationship between the IQ value of a grain and its strength. Therefore, this IQ value is effective for evaluating the crystallinity of the alloys and the remained strength of the damaged alloys. The change of the microstructure was dominated by the strain-induced anisotropic accelerated diffusion of component elements of the alloys and the activation energy of the diffusion was determined quantitatively as a function of temperature and the applied stress.

New Description of Steady-State Creep Rate, Yield Stress, Stress Relaxation and Their Interrelation

2005 ◽  
Vol 482 ◽  
pp. 319-322
Author(s):  
Jan Kohout
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Creep Rate ◽  
Yield Stress ◽  
Applied Stress ◽  
Stress Sensitivity ◽  
Steady State Creep ◽  
Steady State Creep Rate ◽  
Creep Tests ◽  
Sensitivity Parameter

The steady-state creep rate increases with temperature according to the Arrhenius equation and its increase with applied stress is mostly described by the power law. Combining both these laws, equation ) exp( RT Qa n − µ s e& is obtained, where apparent activation energy a Q and stress sensitivity parameter n are considered to be constants. But most measurements show some dependence of activation energy on applied stress and of stress sensitivity parameter on temperature. An equation respecting these facts is derived in the paper and verified using some published results of creep tests. Based on this derived equation, the dependence of yield stress on temperature and strain rate and an equation describing the relaxation curves are deduced.

On the use of Ozawa/Flynn/Wall method to determine aging activation energy for elastomers

2021 ◽  
pp. 009524432110203
Author(s):  
Sudhir Bafna
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Activation Energy ◽  
Weight Loss ◽  
Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Dwell Time ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Degradation Mechanism ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Wall Method

It is often necessary to assess the effect of aging at room temperature over years/decades for hardware containing elastomeric components such as oring seals or shock isolators. In order to determine this effect, accelerated oven aging at elevated temperatures is pursued. When doing so, it is vital that the degradation mechanism still be representative of that prevalent at room temperature. This places an upper limit on the elevated oven temperature, which in turn, increases the dwell time in the oven. As a result, the oven dwell time can run into months, if not years, something that is not realistically feasible due to resource/schedule constraints in industry. Measuring activation energy (Ea) of elastomer aging by test methods such as tensile strength or elongation, compression set, modulus, oxygen consumption, etc. is expensive and time consuming. Use of kinetics of weight loss by ThermoGravimetric Analysis (TGA) using the Ozawa/Flynn/Wall method per ASTM E1641 is an attractive option (especially due to the availability of commercial instrumentation with software to make the required measurements and calculations) and is widely used. There is no fundamental scientific reason why the kinetics of weight loss at elevated temperatures should correlate to the kinetics of loss of mechanical properties over years/decades at room temperature. Ea obtained by high temperature weight loss is almost always significantly higher than that obtained by measurements of mechanical properties or oxygen consumption over extended periods at much lower temperatures. In this paper, data on five different elastomer types (butyl, nitrile, EPDM, polychloroprene and fluorocarbon) are presented to prove that point. Thus, use of Ea determined by weight loss by TGA tends to give unrealistically high values, which in turn, will lead to incorrectly high predictions of storage life at room temperature.

The tribological performance of W-DLC in solid–liquid lubrication system addivated with Cu nanoparticles

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong shan Li ◽  
Ning Kong ◽  
Ruishan Li ◽  
Boyang Zhang ◽  
Yongshun Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Test Temperature ◽  
Applied Load ◽  
Tribological Performance ◽  
Dominant Factor ◽  
Lubrication System ◽  
Cu Nanoparticles ◽  
Friction Test ◽  
Dlc Film ◽  
Test Conditions ◽  
Solid Liquid

Abstract Judicious selection of additives having chemical and physical compatibility with the DLC films may help improving the triboligical properties and durability life of DLC-oil composite lubrication systems. In this study, Cu nanoparticles were added to PAO6 base oil to compose a solid-liquid composite lubrication system with W-DLC film. The effects of nanoparticle concentration, test temperature and applied load on tribological performance were systematically studied by a ball-on-disk friction test system. The tribological results illustrated that Cu nanoparticles could lower the coefficient of friction (COF) and dramatically reduce the wear rates of W-DLC films. The optimal tribological behavior was achieved for the 0.1 wt.% concentration under 30 ℃ and the applied load of 100 N. The test temperature and applied load were vital influencing factors of the solid–liquid lubrication system. The bearing effect and soft colloidal abrasive film of spherical Cu nanoparticle contributed to the excellent tribological performance of the composite lubrication system under mild test conditions, meanwhile, the local delamination of W-DLC film and oxidation were the main causes of the friction failure under harsh test conditions. With test temperature and applied loads increase the degree of graphitization of the W-DLC film increased. In conclusion, there are several pivotal factors affecting the tribological performance of solid–liquid lubrication systems, including the number of nanoparticles between rubbing contact area, graphitization of the worn W-DLC films, tribofilms on the worn ball specimens and oxidation formed in friction test, and the dominant factor is determined by the testing condition.

Creep Tests of Rotating Disks at Elevated Temperature and Comparison With Theory

1954 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 225-235
Author(s):  
A. M. Wahl ◽  
G. O. Sankey ◽  
M. J. Manjoine ◽  
E. Shoemaker
Keyword(s):  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Experimental Program ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Rotating Disks ◽  
Creep Tests ◽  
Shear Theory ◽  
Heat Treated ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Average Tension ◽  
Creep Deformations

Abstract A theoretical and experimental program involving methods of calculating creep in rotating disks at elevated temperatures is described. This program consisted primarily of the following: (a) Obtaining forged disks from the same ingot of 12 per cent chrome steel, all disks being forged and heat-treated in the same manner; (b) making spin tests at 1000 F on three of these disks for periods up to about 1000 hr; ( ) making long-time tension-creep tests at 1000 F on many specimens cut out circumferentially from several of the other disks at stresses approximating those of the spin tests; (d) investigating theoretical methods of calculation of creep deformation in such disks; and (e) comparison of spin-test results with those calculated theoretically using average tension-creep data. It was found that available methods of calculating rotating disks based on the Mises criterion gave creep deformations too low compared to the test values, i.e., on the unsafe side for design. Considerably better agreement between test and theoretical results is obtained if the latter is based on the maximum-shear theory. Some discussion is given of the reasons for the better agreement obtained using the latter theory; these are believed to be related in part to the anisotropy of the forged material tested. Further tests on other materials are necessary before general conclusions can be drawn; however, in the absence of test data it is suggested that a conservative course in design for such disks is to apply the maximum-shear theory.

scholarly journals Metamorphism of Air Bubbles in a Snow Crystal

1967 ◽  
Vol 6 (46) ◽  
pp. 561-564
Author(s):  
Norikazu Maeno ◽  
Daisuke Kuroiwa
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Diffusion Processes ◽  
Atomic Diffusion ◽  
Mechanical Relaxation ◽  
Air Bubbles ◽  
A Value ◽  
Snow Crystal ◽  
Activation Energy For Diffusion ◽  
Snow Crystals ◽  
Natural Snow

RésuméObservations have been made of the modification produced by a temperature gradient in the shape of air bubbles in natural snow crystals, and also of the shrinkage of the bubbles with time. The rate of shrinkage is governed by a constant which is strongly temperature dependent with an activation energy of about 15.1 kcal./mole, a value sufficiently similar to the activation energy for diffusion of tritium, dielectric relaxation and mechanical relaxation to suggest that atomic diffusion processes may be responsible for all of these phenomena.

Structure and mechanical properties of cast quasicrystal-reinforced Mg–Zn–Al–Y base alloys

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 1531-1538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guangyin Yuan ◽  
Kenji Amiya ◽  
Hidemi Kato ◽  
Akihisa Inoue
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Cast Alloy ◽  
Strengthening Mechanism ◽  
Icosahedral Quasicrystal ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Strengthening Phase ◽  
Creep Tests ◽  
Cast Alloys ◽  
Bulk Alloys

The structure and mechanical properties of Mg–Zn–Al–Y base cast alloys containing an icosahedral quasicrystal phase (i-phase) as a main strengthening phase were investigated. Mg–8Zn–4Al–xY base bulk alloys containing the i-phase were prepared by casting into a copper mold at moderate cooling rates. The Y addition was effective for decreasing the size of the i-phase and the increasing the homogeneity of its dispersed state. The mechanical properties examined by compression tests at room temperature were much superior to those of a conventional AZ91 Mg alloy. The creep tests at elevated temperatures indicated a promising high temperature creep resistance of the quasicrystal-reinforced Mg–Zn–Al–Y cast alloy. The strengthening mechanism was also discussed.

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