Arnaud Longuet

Microstructure Evolution of a Platinum-Modified Nickel-Aluminide Coating During Thermal and Thermo-mechanical Fatigue

Abstract The microstructure evolution of a platinum-modified nickel-aluminide coating on single-crystal nickel-based superalloy was investigated for various thermal cycling and thermo-mechanical fatigue (TMF) conditions in air for a long-term exposure. An increase in roughness and in β→γ′ transformation rate depends similarly on maximum temperature, holding time at maximum temperature and applied stress. Moreover, the evolution of the interdiffusion zone (IDZ) is analyzed by making the distinction between two layers, according to the major phases observed within these layers, namely β-(Ni,Pt)Al and γ′-Ni3Al. This distinction highlighted that the respective thickness evolution of these two layers are sensitive to each parameter of TMF tests with similar increase in evolution rate when increasing time, temperature, as well as applied stress. The distinctive features of phase transformation are finally discussed together with localization of phase transformation and measured evolution of phase transformation within the external coating and β- and γ′-IDZ layer thicknesses under thermal and thermo-mechanical fatigue. This analysis leads to a conclusion that grain boundaries within the external coating as well as interfaces, between thermally grown oxide, external coating, and IDZ, respectively, play a major role in diffusion, phase transformation, and microstructure evolution of typical platinum-modified nickel-aluminide coating.

Residual stress determination in a shot‐peened nickel‐based single‐crystal superalloy using X‐ray diffraction

A residual stress depth profile up to 1 mm is determined with the Ortner method in a single crystal of a nickel-based superalloy which has been subjected to shot-peening. An optimization procedure is assessed to minimize uncertainties connected to Bragg angle, mosaic spread and numerical stability. The theoretical background is reviewed to highlight the connections between Bragg angle positions and the stress tensor components in different coordinate systems and also to obtain a mathematically consistent formulation. Transformation matrices required to express the strain components with respect to the initial state are provided for the general case. It is shown that, when a stress gradient occurs beneath the sample surface plane, the value of the σ33 component of the stress tensor determined from measurements is twice its true value. For a sample surface oriented along a 〈100〉 crystallographic direction, the data analysis shows that the compressive stresses which develop in the 150 µm-thick surface layer are compensated for by small tensile stresses developing at long scale rather than a specific layer of finite size featuring high tensile stresses. At least 17 Bragg angles are required to have stable solutions with standard deviations close to 30 MPa. Maximum compressive stresses of 1000 or 1400 MPa depending on the assumption used to describe the initial state occur at a 30 µm depth.