The Effect of Total Strain Range on Low Cycle Fatigue Characteristics of Alloy 800H

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 26-31
Author(s):  
Seon-Gi Lee ◽  
Seon-Jin Kim
Author(s):  
Seon-Jin Kim ◽  
Rando Tungga Dewa ◽  
Woo-Gon Kim ◽  
Eung-Seon Kim

Alloy 800H is currently being considered as one of the near-term candidate materials for design and construction of some major high temperature components of a very high temperature reactor (VHTR). System start-ups and shut-downs as well as power transients will produce low-cycle fatigue loadings of components. The aim of this work is to study the low cycle fatigue behavior of Alloy 800H base metal and weldments at 700°C. The weldment specimens were machined from gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) butt-welded plate such that the loading direction was oriented transverse to the welding direction. Fully reversed total-strain controlled low-cycle fatigue tests have been performed at total strain ranges of 0.6, 0.9, 1.2 and 1.5%. For all the low-cycle fatigue tests, triangular test waveforms with a constant strain rate of 10−3/s were applied. Low-cycle fatigue testing was conducted in accordance with ASTM Standard E606 on servo-hydraulic test machines. And also, creep-fatigue experiments were carried out at 700°C employing 0.6% total strain range and 10−3/s strain rate using trapezoidal waveform with tension hold time. The main focus is to characterize the low-cycle fatigue properties for Alloy 800H weldment specimens from the cyclic deformation behavior and fatigue fracture behavior. The cyclic deformation behavior was influenced by total strain range and material property. The fatigue life was decreased with increasing the total strain range for both base metal and weldment. However, the lives of weldment specimens have a longer life than that of base metal at lower total strain ranges. It was also observed that creep effects play a significant role in fatigue life reduction.


2019 ◽  
Vol 814 ◽  
pp. 121-126
Author(s):  
In Kang Heo ◽  
Dong Hyun Yoon ◽  
Jae Hoon Kim

Components of gas turbines must be extremely resistant to high temperatures, high stresses, high-temperature corrosion, and erosive environments. The materials used in these environmental conditions are mainly nickel-based superalloys. In this study, the low-cycle fatigue of the nickel-based superalloy Inconel 792 was examined. The total strain range of a gas turbine between 760 °C and 870 °C was considered as the parameter representing the actual gas turbine operation. In addition, tests were performed using a trapezoidal waveform of the total strain to reflect the operation-stop conditions of a gas turbine with frequent shutdowns. The results of the fatigue test were compared with the Coffin–Manson method and energy method. The fractured surface was analyzed using a scanning electron microscope (SEM).


2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (15n16) ◽  
pp. 2892-2897
Author(s):  
J. J. YU ◽  
Z. H. WANG ◽  
X. F. SUN ◽  
T. JIN ◽  
H. R. GUAN ◽  
...  

Total strain controlled low cycle fatigue tests were conducted at 1173K for DD32 and SRR99 alloys. With the increase of total strain range, the stress amplitude of DD32 alloy improved more fleetly than that of SRR99 alloy. At total strain ranges less than or equal to 1.0%, the low cycle fatigue life of DD32 alloy was greater than that of SRR99 alloy. It was shown that the higher content of refractory elements in DD32 alloy resulted in a remarkable improvement of LCF properties compared to SRR99 alloy. The crack propagation perpendicular to the stress axis occurred in transgranular mode in both alloys. DD32 alloy presented more ductile character than SRR99 alloy.


2016 ◽  
Vol 879 ◽  
pp. 2377-2382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyosuke Kobayashi ◽  
Ikuo Shohji ◽  
Hiroaki Hokazono

Tensile and low cycle fatigue properties of Sn-5Sb (mass%) solder were investigated with miniature size tensile specimens. The effect of temperature and strain rate on tensile properties and the effect of temperature on low cycle fatigue properties were examined. Tensile strength increases with increasing strain rate regardless of temperature investigated. For elongation, the effect of temperature on it is negligible although it slightly increases with increasing strain rate. The low cycle fatigue life of Sn-5Sb obeys by the Manson-Coffin’s equation. The effect of temperature on the fatigue life is negligible in the temperature range from 25 oC to 150 oC. In the low cycle fatigue test with a high total strain range of 4%, cracking at phase boundary mainly occurs regardless of temperature investigated. In the case of a low total strain range of 0.4%, ductile fracture mainly occurs, and cracking at phase boundary with generation of grooves also occurs at high temperature.


1967 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
K J Pascoe ◽  
J W R de Villiers

A cruciform test specimen and a loading rig are described, by which any combination of biaxial strains can be applied to a specimen. With the pressurizing equipment so far available, three states of strains have been investigated for two steels. In the mild steel used, large inclusions oriented in the roll direction aided fracture propagation when a maximum shear plane coincided with the roll direction. When not influenced by inclusions, fatigue life is related to total strain range by Coffin's law         ∊ N a = C The values of α and C are different for different states of strains. Empirical formulae are given to predict results for other states of strains.


2012 ◽  
Vol 06 ◽  
pp. 251-256
Author(s):  
HO-YOUNG YANG ◽  
JAE-HOON KIM ◽  
KEUN-BONG YOO

Co -base superalloys have been applied in the stationary components of gas turbine owing to their excellent high temperature properties. Low cycle fatigue data on ECY-768 reported in a companion paper were used to evaluate fatigue life prediction models. In this study, low cycle fatigue tests are performed as the variables of total strain range and temperatures. The relations between plastic and total strain energy densities and number of cycles to failure are examined in order to predict the low cycle fatigue life of Cobalt-based super alloy at different temperatures. The fatigue lives is evaluated using predicted by Coffin-Manson method and strain energy methods is compared with the measured fatigue lives at different temperatures. The microstructure observing was performed for how affect able to low-cycle fatigue life by increasing the temperature.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (22) ◽  
pp. 6741
Author(s):  
Grzegorz Junak ◽  
Anżelina Marek ◽  
Michał Paduchowicz

This paper presents the results of tests conducted on the HR6W (23Cr-45Ni-6W-Nb-Ti-B) alloy under low-cycle fatigue at room temperature and at 650 °C. Fatigue tests were carried out at constant values of the total strain ranges. The alloy under low-cycle fatigue showed cyclic strengthening both at room temperature and at 650 °C. The degree of HR6W strengthening described by coefficient n’ was higher at higher temperatures. At the same time, its fatigue life Nf at room temperature was, depending on the range of total strain adopted in the tests, several times higher than observed at 650 °C.


1974 ◽  
Vol 188 (1) ◽  
pp. 657-671 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. W. Parsons ◽  
K. J. Pascoe

The low-cycle fatigue behaviour of a ferritic and an austenitic steel have been studied under various conditions of reversed biaxial strain. These cyclically softened and hardened respectively. In all cases, relationships of the form were found between total strain range Δε t and life Nf for lives in the range 102−105 cycles, with an abrupt change of β at intermediate lives. Variation of state of strain affected both β and κ. Various theories for the correlation of fatigue behaviour under multi-axial loading have been reviewed and compared with these results. None was found to account adequately for the effect of straining régime with the materials tested.


Author(s):  
L. M. Pike ◽  
S. K. Srivastava

HAYNES® 242® alloy, based primarily on the Ni-25Mo-8Cr system, derives its low thermal expansion characteristics from its composition and its high strength concomitant with high ductility from a long-range ordering reaction upon an aging heat treatment. This combination has enabled the alloy continually to find a challenging range of applications in the aerospace industry at up to 1300°F (704°C). These include seal rings, containment rings, duct segments, casings, rocket nozzles, etc. In conjunction with the creep strength and environmental resistance, the low cycle fatigue (LCF) behavior is an important material property affecting the service life of 242 alloy components. The low cycle fatigue behavior of 242 alloy was studied under fully reversed strain-controlled mode at 800°F (427°C), 1000°F (538°C), 1200°F (649°C) and 1400°F (760°C) using a triangular wave form with a frequency of 0.33 Hz. Results are presented in terms of cycles to crack initiation and failure. The magnitudes of fatigue lives at total strain range ≤ 0.7% at 800, 1000 and 1200°F are significantly greater than those of solid solution strengthened alloys. Additionally, stress-controlled LCF tests were performed at 1200°F (649°C) on 242 alloy as well as 909 alloy (for comparison). The paper will discuss the results of these two test programs.


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