Abstract
The cyclic deformation behavior of HAYNES® HR-120® superalloy at different temperatures ranging from 24 to 982 °C was investigated by performing fully reversed total strain-controlled low-cycle fatigue tests under the total strain ranges of 0.4-2.3%. It was noted that in most cases, increasing the temperature from 24 to 982 °C significantly decreased the fatigue lives. The alloy exhibited the cyclic hardening, softening, or stable cyclic stress response, which was dependent on the temperature and total strain range. Dynamic-strain aging was found to occur at both temperatures of 761 and 871 °C. The precipitation of secondary-phase particles was also observed above 761°C. The change in the microstructure due to cyclic deformation was evaluated through scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. In addition, an advanced infrared thermography system was employed to monitor the temperature evolution during fatigue at 24 °C. It was noted that during low-cycle fatigue, the steady-state temperature of the specimens increased from 2 to 120 °C above room temperature, depending on the strain range and fatigue life. Thus, the measured temperature can be used to predict fatigue life. A model based on energy conservation and one-dimensional heat conduction was used to predict the temperature evolution resulting from low-cycle fatigue.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 85-98 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Mechanics of Materials |
Volume | 36 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2004 |
Funding
This research is supported by the Haynes International, Inc., the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Division of Design, Manufacture, and Industrial Innovation, under grant number DHI-9724467, the NSF Combined Research-Curriculum Development (CRCD) Program under EEC-9527527, the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) Program under DGE-9987548, the International Materials Institutes (IMI) Program under DHR-0231320, and by the Assistant Secretary of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Office of Transportation Technologies, as part of the High Temperature Materials Laboratory User Program at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory managed by the UT-Battelle, LLC, for the Department of Energy under contract number DE-AC05-00OR22725. The NSF contract monitors are Dr. D. Durham, Ms. M. Poats, Dr, W. Jennings, Dr. L. Goldberg, and Dr. C. Huber. We would also like to thank Mr. Gongyao Wang for his help during the preparation of this paper.
Funders | Funder number |
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Assistant Secretary of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy | |
Division of Design, Manufacture, and Industrial Innovation | EEC-9527527, DHI-9724467 |
Haynes International, Inc. | |
Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training | DGE-9987548 |
International Materials Institutes | DHR-0231320 |
Office of Transportation Technologies | |
National Science Foundation | |
U.S. Department of Energy | DE-AC05-00OR22725 |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
Keywords
- Cyclic stress response
- Dynamic-strain aging
- Fatigue life
- Low-cycle fatigue
- Model
- Superalloy
- Temperature
- Thermography