Journal
ACTA MATERIALIA
Volume 94, Issue -, Pages 15-25Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2015.04.034
Keywords
Phase transformation; Elasticity; Phase field model; Superalloys; Coarsening
Funding
- French Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) [ANR-BLAN08-1-321567]
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A phase field model accounting for inhomogeneous and anisotropic elasticity has been used to investigate the consequences of inhomogeneous elasticity on the formation and coarsening of cuboidal microstructures in Ni-based superalloys. For that purpose, two- and three-dimensional calculations have been carried out considering high volume fractions of gamma' precipitates, and accounting for their ordered crystal structure. The analysis of a substantial number of cases with different contrasts of elastic constants highlights the primary role played by the inhomogeneity Delta C' of the shear modulus C' on the shapes and spatial arrangements of the precipitates. This can be attributed to the sensitivity of the mechanisms involved in coarsening to Delta C'. Finally, scanning electron micrographs of the AM1 superalloy are statistically analyzed and discussed in light of the calculations. (C) 2015 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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