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ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA ›› 2015, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (3): 840-847.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2014.0087

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Experimental investigation on the growth behavior of naturally- initiated small cracks in superalloy GH4169

ZHANG Li1,2, WU Xueren3, HUANG Xinyue1,2   

  1. 1. Beijing Key Laboratory of Aeronautical Materials Testing and Evaluation, Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials, Beijing 100095, China;
    2. National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced High Temperature Structure Materials, Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials, Beijing 100095, China;
    3. Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials, Beijing 100095, China
  • Received:2014-02-27 Revised:2014-05-05 Online:2015-03-15 Published:2015-03-31
  • Supported by:

    National Level Project

Abstract:

The growth behavior of naturally-initiated small cracks in single edge notched tensile (SENT) specimens of nickel-based superalloy GH4169 is studied. Fatigue experiments are conducted under constant amplitude loading with the stress ratios R of 0.1 and 0.5 at room temperature. A significant small crack effect is evident in this alloy, and the major part of total fatigue life is consumed in small crack propagation phase. Fracture mode under cyclic loading is established by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive spectra (EDS) analysis on specimen fracture surfaces. Small cracks initiate from material inclusions, namely Ti(C, N) or Nb(C, N). A transition of fracture mode from faceted, crystallographic fracture to classical striation type of fracture occurs, corresponding to the minimum growth rate at small crack growth rate curve before crack growth acceleration.

Key words: superalloy, small crack effect, fracture mode, inclusion, scatter

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