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Oxidation-Assisted Crack Growth in Single-Crystal Superalloys during Fatigue with Compressive Holds

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The mechanism of oxidation-assisted growth of surface cracks during fatigue with compressive holds has been studied experimentally and via a model that describes the role of oxide and substrate properties. The creep-based finite element model has been employed to examine the role of material parameters in the damage evolution in a Ni-base single-crystal superalloy René N5. Low-cycle fatigue experiments with compressive holds were conducted at 1255 K and 1366 K (982 °C and 1093 °C). Interrupted and failed specimens were characterized for crack depth and spacing, oxide thickness, and microstructural evolution. Comparison of experimental to modeled hysteresis loops indicates that transient creep drives the macroscopic stress–strain response. Crack penetration rates are strongly influenced by growth stresses in the oxide, structural evolution in the substrate, and the development of \(\gamma ^{\prime }\) denuded zones. Implications for design of alloys resistant to this mode of degradation are discussed.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful for the support of ONR Grant N00014-16-1-2073. Useful discussions with Akane Suzuki (GE Global Research) are acknowledged. Dr. Britta Laux is thanked for assistance with initial specimen testing and characterization. This work also made use of the MRL Shared Experimental Facilities supported by the MRSEC Program of the NSF under Award No. DMR 1121053; a member of the NSF-funded Materials Research Facilities Network (www.mrfn.org).

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    M. A. Lafata, M. Y. He & T. M. Pollock

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Lafata, M.A., Rettberg, L.H., He, M.Y. et al. Oxidation-Assisted Crack Growth in Single-Crystal Superalloys during Fatigue with Compressive Holds. Metall Mater Trans A 49, 105–116 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-017-4392-3

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