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MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
Volume 744, Issue -, Pages 538-547Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2018.12.084
Keywords
Low-cycle fatigue; Cyclic hardening; Cyclic-softening; TEM; Dislocations; Single crystal
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Funding
- EPSRC of the UK [EP/M000966/1, EP/K026844/1]
- Rolls-Royce
- GE Power
- dstl
- EPSRC [EP/M000966/1, EP/K026844/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Low-cycle fatigue (LCF) is studied for a nickel-based single-crystal superalloy in this paper, with a focus on the effect of crystal orientation and temperature. Specifically, cyclic deformation of the alloy was compared for [001]- and [111]-oriented samples tested under strain-controlled conditions at room temperature and 825 degrees C. Either cyclic hardening or softening was observed during the LCF process, depending on the strain amplitude, crystallographic orientation and temperature. LCF life was also reduced significantly by changing loading orientation from [001] to [111] or increasing temperature to 825 degrees C. Employing a comprehensive study with transmission electron microscopy (TEM), a connection between microstructure and mechanical behaviour of the alloy is discussed. It was found that the processes of gamma'-precipitate dissolution and dislocation recovery were responsible for cyclic softening. Alignments and pile-ups of dislocations in the gamma matrix, which prohibited their movement and reduced the interaction of dislocations on different slip systems, contributed to cyclic hardening.
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