Single crystal nickel-base superalloys deform by shearing along 〈111〉 planes, sometimes referred to as “octahedral” slip planes. Under fatigue loading, cyclic stress produces alternating slip reversals on the critical slip systems which eventually results in fatigue crack initiation along the “critical” octahedral planes. A “critical plane” fatigue modeling approach was developed in the present study to analyze high cycle fatigue (HCF) failures in single crystal materials. This approach accounted for the effects of crystal orientation and the micromechanics of the deformation and slip mechanisms observed in single crystal materials. Three-dimensional stress and strain transformation equations were developed to determine stresses and strains along the crystallographic octahedral planes and corresponding slip systems. These stresses and strains were then used to calculate several multiaxial critical plane parameters to determine the amount of fatigue damage and also the “critical planes” along which HCF failures would initiate. The computed fatigue damage parameters were used along with experimentally measured fatigue lives, at 1100°F, to correlate the data for different loading orientations. Microscopic observations of the fracture surfaces were used to determine the actual octahedral plane (or facet) on which fatigue initiation occurred. X-ray diffraction measurements were then used to uniquely identify this damage initiation facet with respect to the crystal orientation in each specimen. These experimentally determined HCF initiation planes were compared with the analytically predicted “critical planes.”
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Critical Plane Fatigue Modeling and Characterization of Single Crystal Nickel Superalloys
Rajiv A. Naik,
Rajiv A. Naik
Pratt & Whitney, 400 Main Street, East Hartford, CT 06108
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Daniel P. DeLuca,
Daniel P. DeLuca
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Dilip M. Shah
Dilip M. Shah
Pratt & Whitney, 400 Main Street, East Hartford, CT 06108
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Rajiv A. Naik
Pratt & Whitney, 400 Main Street, East Hartford, CT 06108
Daniel P. DeLuca
Pratt & Whitney, 400 Main Street, East Hartford, CT 06108
Dilip M. Shah
Pratt & Whitney, 400 Main Street, East Hartford, CT 06108
Contributed by the International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS for publication in the ASME JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINES AND POWER. Paper presented at the International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exhibition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 3–6, 2002; Paper No. 2002-GT-30300. Manuscript received by IGTI, Dec. 2001, final revision, Mar. 2002. Associate Editor: E. Benvenuti.
J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. Apr 2004, 126(2): 391-400 (10 pages)
Published Online: June 7, 2004
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December 1, 2001
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March 1, 2002
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Naik , R. A., DeLuca , D. P., and Shah, D. M. (June 7, 2004). "Critical Plane Fatigue Modeling and Characterization of Single Crystal Nickel Superalloys ." ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. April 2004; 126(2): 391–400. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1690768
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