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Author: H. Ghonem Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 252
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At loading frequencies below that of the transitional frequency level, which is typical of mission cycles of jet engines, the elevated temperature fatigue crack growth process in Alloy 718 is viewed to be fully environment-dependent. Of all the crack growth stages, this process, while is the most critical in high temperature application due to its highly accelerated crack growth rate, is the least studied or understood. The objective of this research program is to focus on the understanding or the mechanism controlling this oxidation-dependent stage in order to develop the ability to predict its associated crack growth performance under different environment conditions. For this purpose, three major studies have been carried out; the first was to provide evidence of the existence of the fully environment-dependent stage in which the crack growth rate would be equal to the oxygen penetration rate at the crack tip. The second study was to establish a crack tip oxidation mechanism on the basis of material, environmental and loading parameters interactions in the crack tip region. The last objective of this program is to establish a micromechanical based quantitative model to predict the environmentally-dominated crack growth stage.
Author: H. Ghonem Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 252
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At loading frequencies below that of the transitional frequency level, which is typical of mission cycles of jet engines, the elevated temperature fatigue crack growth process in Alloy 718 is viewed to be fully environment-dependent. Of all the crack growth stages, this process, while is the most critical in high temperature application due to its highly accelerated crack growth rate, is the least studied or understood. The objective of this research program is to focus on the understanding or the mechanism controlling this oxidation-dependent stage in order to develop the ability to predict its associated crack growth performance under different environment conditions. For this purpose, three major studies have been carried out; the first was to provide evidence of the existence of the fully environment-dependent stage in which the crack growth rate would be equal to the oxygen penetration rate at the crack tip. The second study was to establish a crack tip oxidation mechanism on the basis of material, environmental and loading parameters interactions in the crack tip region. The last objective of this program is to establish a micromechanical based quantitative model to predict the environmentally-dominated crack growth stage.
Author: Vincent Mark Barker Publisher: ISBN: Category : Heat resistant alloys Languages : en Pages :
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A model was created to predict the thermo-mechanical fatigue crack growth rates under typical engine spectrum loading conditions. This model serves as both a crack growth analysis tool to determine residual lifetime of ageing turbine components and as a design tool to assess the effects of temperature and loading variables on crack propagation. The material used in the development of this model was a polycrystalline superalloy, Inconel 100 (IN-100). The first step in creating a reliable model was to define the first order effects that influence TMF crack growth in a typical engine spectrum. Load interaction effects were determined to be major contributors to lifetime estimates by influencing crack growth rates based upon previous load histories. A yield zone model was modified to include temperature dependent properties that controlled the effects of crack growth retardation and acceleration based upon overloads and underloads, respectively. Multiple overload effects were included in the model to create enhanced retardation compared to single overload tests. Temperature interaction effects were also considered very important due to the wide temperature ranges of turbine engine components. Oxidation and changing temperature effects were accounted for by accelerating crack growth in regions that had been affected by higher temperatures. Constant amplitude crack growth rates were used as a baseline, upon which load and temperature interaction effects were applied. Experimental data of isolated first order effects was used to calibrate and verify the model. Experimental data provided the means to verify that the model was a good fit to experimental results. The load interaction effects were described by a yield zone model, which included temperature dependent properties. These properties were determined experimentally and were essential in the model's development to include load and temperature contributions. Other interesting factors became apparent through testing. It was seen that specific combinations of strain rate and temperature would lead to serrated yielding, discovered to be the Portevin-Le Chatelier effect. This effect manifested itself as enhanced hardening, leading to unstable strain bursts in specimens that cyclically yielded while changing temperature.
Author: Eric S. Huron Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1118516400 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 952
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A superalloy, or high-performance alloy, is an alloy that exhibits excellent mechanical strength at high temperatures. Superalloy development has been driven primarily by the aerospace and power industries. This compilation of papers from the Twelfth International Symposium on Superalloys, held from September 9-13, 2012, offers the most recent technical information on this class of materials.
Author: Christian Busse Publisher: Linköping University Electronic Press ISBN: 9179299830 Category : Languages : en Pages : 55
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This dissertation was produced at the Division of Solid Mechanics at Linköping University and is part of a research project, which comprises modelling, microstructure investigations and material testing of cast nickel-base superalloys. The main objective of this work was to deepen the understanding of the fracture behaviour of single-crystal nickel-base superalloys and to develop a model to predict the fatigue crack growth behaviour. Frequently, crack growth in these materials has been observed to follow one of two distinct cracking modes; Mode I like cracking perpendicular to the loading direction or crystallographic crack growth on the octahedral {111}-planes, where the latter is associated with an increased fatigue crack growth rate. Thus, it is of major importance to account for this behaviour in component life prediction. Consequently, a model for the prediction of the transition of cracking modes and the correct active crystallographic plane, i.e. the crack path, and the crystallographic crack growth rate has been developed. This model is based on the evaluation of appropriate crack driving forces using three-dimensional finite-element simulations. A special focus was given towards the influence of the crystallographic orientation on the fracture behaviour. Further, a model to incorporate residual stresses in the crack growth modelling is presented. All modelling work is calibrated and validated by experiments on different specimen geometries with different crystallographic orientations. This dissertation consists of two parts, where Part I gives an introduction and background to the field of research, while Part II consists of six appended papers. Die vorliegende Dissertation wurde in der Abteilung für Festigkeitslehre an der Universität von Linköping erstellt und ist Teil eines Forschungsprojektes, welches Modellierung, Mikrostrukturuntersuchungen und Materialtests von gegossenen nickelbasierten Superlegierungen umfasst. Das Hauptziel dieser Arbeit war es, das Verständnis des Bruchverhaltens von einkristallinen Superlegierungen auf Nickelbasis zu vertiefen und ein Modell zur Vorhersage des Wachstumsverhaltens von Ermüdungsrissen zu entwickeln. Es wurde beobachtet, dass das Risswachstum in diesen Materialien einem von zwei unterschiedlichen Rissmodi folgt; Modus I Rissfortschritt senkrecht zur Belastungsrichtung oder kristallographisches Risswachstum auf den oktaedrischen f111g-Ebenen, wobei letzteres mit einer erhöhten Ermüdungsrisswachstumsrate verbunden ist. Somit ist es von grosser Bedeutung dieses Verhalten in der Lebensdauervorhersage einer Komponente zu berücksichtigen. Demzufolge wurde ein Modell für die Vorhersage des Übergangs zwischen den Rissmodi und der korrekten aktiven kristallographischen Ebene, d.h. des Risspfades, sowie der kristallographischen Risswachstumsrate erarbeitet. Dieses Modell basiert auf geeigneten Rissantriebskräften, welche mit Hilfe dreidimensionaler Finite-Elemente-Simulationen berechnet werden. Im Fokus stand insbesondere der Einuss der kristallographischen Orientierung auf das Bruchverhalten. Ausserdem wird ein Modell zur Berücksichtigung von Restspannungen in der Risswachstumsmodellierung präsentiert. Alle Modellierungsarbeiten wurden durch Experimente an verschiedenen Probengeometrien mit unterschiedlichen kristallographischen Orientierungen kalibriert und validiert. Diese Dissertation besteht aus zwei Teilen, wobei Teil I aus einer Einführung und einem Hintergrund in das Forschungsgebiet und Teil II aus sechs beigefügten Forschungsartikeln besteht.
Author: Jonas Saarimäki Publisher: Linköping University Electronic Press ISBN: 9176853853 Category : Languages : en Pages : 63
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Gas turbines are widely used in industry for power generation and as a power source at hard to reach locations where other possibilities for electrical power supplies are insufficient. New ways of producing greener energy is needed to reduce emission levels. This can be achieved by increasing the combustion temperature of gas turbines. High combustion temperatures can be detrimental and degrade critical components. This raises the demands on the high temperature performance of the superalloys used in gas turbine components. These components are frequently subjected to different cyclic loads combined with for example dwell-times and overloads at elevated temperatures, which can influence the crack growth. Dwell-times have been shown to accelerate crack growth and change cracking behaviour in both Inconel 718, Haynes 282 and Hastelloy X. On the other hand, overloads at the beginning of a dwell-time cycle have been shown to retard the dwell-time effect on crack growth in Inconel 718. More experiments and microstructural investigations are needed to better understand these effects. The work presented in this thesis was conducted under the umbrella of the research program Turbo Power; "High temperature fatigue crack propagation in nickel-based superalloys", where I have mainly looked at fatigue crack growth mechanisms in superalloys subjected to dwell-fatigue, which can have a devastating effect on crack propagation behaviour. Mechanical testing was performed under operation-like cycles in order to achieve representative microstructures and material data for the subsequent microstructural work. Microstructures were investigated using light optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) techniques such as electron channeling contrast imaging (ECCI) and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). The outcome of this work has shown that there is a significant increase in crack growth rate when dwell-times are introduced at maximum load (0 % overload) in the fatigue cycle. With the introduction of a dwell-time there is also a shift from transgranular to intergranular crack growth for both Inconel 718 and Haynes 282. The crack growth rate decreases with increasing overload levels in Inconel 718 when an overload is applied prior to the dwell-time. At high temperature, intergranular crack growth was observed in Inconel 718 as a result of oxidation and the creation of nanometric voids. Another observed growth mechanism was crack advance along ?-phase boundaries with subsequent oxidation of the ?-phase. This thesis comprises two parts. Part I gives an introduction to the field of superalloys and the acting microstructural mechanisms related to fatigue and crack propagation. Part II consists of five appended papers, which report the work completed as part of the project.
Author: Ulrich Krupp Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 3527315373 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 312
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This comprehensive overview of the whole field of fatigue and fracture of metallic materials covers both the theoretical background and some of the latest experimental techniques. It provides a summary of the complex interactions between material microstructure and cracks, classifying them with respect to the overall damage process with a focus on microstructurally short cracks and dynamic embrittlement. It furthermore introduces new concepts for the numerical treatment of fatigue microcrack propagation and their implementation in fatigue-life prediction models.This comprehensive overview of the whole field of fatigue and fracture of metallic materials covers both the theoretical background and the latest experimental techniques. It provides a summary of the complex interactions between material microstructure and cracks, classifying them with respect to the overall damage process. It furthermore introduces new concepts for the numerical treatment of fatigue microcrack propagation and their implementation in fatigue-life prediction models.
Author: Ozgur Aslan Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 159
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Single crystal components operating at elevated temperatures are subjected to severe thermomechanical loading conditions. The geometry and behaviour of these components are now very complex. A major issue is to develop models to predict crack initiation and crack growth in the presence of strong stress and temperature gradients. The strongly anisotropic elastoviscoplastic behaviour of the material which is a single crystal nickel base superalloy, must be taken into account. The corresponding model should be able to account for anisotropic crack growth and crack bifurcation in complex stress elds. Moreoever the model must be capable of predicting not only the crack growth rate but also the non-straight crack paths. Anisotropic damage mechanics is a well-suited theoretical framework for the development of crack growth models in single crystals. A model coupling crystal plasticity and cyclic damage has been developed in a previous project, that shows the interest of the approach, but also its current limits, in particular the strong mesh dependence of the results. Recent development of nonlocal models within the framework of the mechanics of generalized continua could help overcoming these difficulties. A large experimental basis exists concerning initiation and crack growth in single crystal nickel base superalloys. Finite element simulations of the thermomechanics of turbine blades provide detailed information about stress and plastic strain distribution, in particular near geometrical singularities like cooling holes and slits. First of all, on the basis of crystal plasticity theory which provides a solid link between stress and plastic strains, an uncoupled damage mechanics model based on the history of FE calculations will be presented. Afterwards, an incremental damage model based on generalized continua will be proposed and model predictions for the initiation and growth of microcracks by solving the mesh dependency, will be discussed.
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