Influence of local mechanical loading paths on the oxidation assisted crack initiation of alloy 718

MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

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Ter-Ovanessian, Benoit^1,2  Poquillon, Dominique¹  Cloue, Jean-Marc²  Andrieu, Eric¹ 

[1] Univ Toulouse, CIRIMAT, INP UPS CNRS, INP ENSIACET, F-31030 Toulouse 4, France

[2] AREVA NP 10, AREVA, F-69456 Lyon 06, France

关键词: Ni-based superalloys;    Environment-assisted cracking;    Portevin-Le Chatelier effect;    Finite element simulation;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.msea.2011.11.030

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

At high temperatures, alloy 718, like many other nickel-based superalloys, is sensitive to an oxidation-assisted intergranular crack (OAIC) growth mechanism. Former studies have pointed out that even if intergranular oxidation still occurred, intergranular crack initiation was inhibited due to specific mechanical loadings which were identified as Portevin-Le Chatelier (PLC) plastic instabilities. In the present work, key parameters triggering crack initiation or PLC instabilities in the [550-700 degrees C] temperature range were determined for the studied grade by means of tensile tests on smooth specimens. Then, in order to assess the applicability of such a finding at a scale compatible with the material microstructure, a dedicated tensile V-shaped specimen was designed to generate different surface and sub-surface strain and strain rate histories. Thanks to a dual approach based on the observation of crack initiation location on this specific experimental specimen together with associated FE calculations, the critical mechanical loading paths inducing OAIC initiation have been specified. Thus, assuming that the metallurgical state is homogenous at the structure scale, a mapping of intergranular crack initiation is then obtainable. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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