Mikael Segersäll

Crystallographic Orientation Influence on the Serrated Yielding Behavior of a Single-Crystal Superalloy

Since Ni-based single-crystal superalloys are anisotropic materials, their behavior in different crystal orientations is of great interest. In this study, the yielding behavior in both tension and compression for 〈001〉, 〈011〉 and 〈111〉 oriented materials at 500 °C has been investigated. The 〈011〉 direction showed a serrated yielding behavior, a great tension/compression asymmetry in yield strength and visible deformation bands. However, the 〈001〉 and 〈111〉 directions showed a more homogeneous yielding, less tension/compression asymmetry in yield strength and no deformation bands. Microstructure investigations showed that the serrated yielding behavior of the 〈011〉 direction can be attributed to the appearance of dynamic strain aging (DSA) and that only one slip system is active in this direction during plastic deformation.

Modelling of TMF Crack Initiation in Smooth Single-Crystal Superalloy Specimens

In this paper the TMF crack initiation behaviour of the single-crystal nickel-base superalloyMD2 is investigated and modelled. TMF tests were performed in both IP and OP for varying mechanicalstrain ranges in the [001] crystallographic direction until TMF crack initiation was obtained. Acrystal plasticity-creep model was used in conjunction with a critical-plane approach, to evaluate thenumber of cycles to TMF crack initiation. The critical-plane model was evaluated and calibrated ata stable TMF cycle, where the effect of the stress relaxation had attenuated. This calibrated criticalplanemodel is able to describe the TMF crack initiation, taking tension/compression asymmetry aswell as stress relaxation anisotropy into account, with good correlation to the real fatigue behaviour.

Low-cycle fatigue behaviour of a Ni-based single-crystal superalloy

In this study, low-cycle fatigue (LCF) tests at 500 °C in the <001>, <011> and <111> directions have been performed for the Ni-based single-crystal superalloy MD2. All tests were carried out in strain control with Rε=-1. The <001> direction has the lowest stiffness of the three directions and also shows the best fatigue properties in this study followed by the <011> and <111> directions, respectively. It is well recognised that Ni-based single-crystal superalloys show a tension/compression asymmetry in yield strength and this study shows that a tension/compression asymmetry also is prevalent during LCF conditions. At mid-life, the <001> direction generally has a higher stress in tension than in compression, while the opposite is true for the <011> direction. For the <111> direction the asymmetry is found to be strain range dependent. The <011> and <111> directions show a cyclic hardening behaviour when comparing cyclic stress-strain curves with monotonic stress-strain curves. In addition, the <011> and <111> directions show a serrated yielding behaviour for a number of cycles while the yielding of the <001> direction is more stable.