Analysis of Thermal Effect on Residual Stresses of Broached Inconel 718

Abstract:

Inconel 718 is a nickel based superalloy that is widely used as a turbine disc material in gas turbine industries. This study details the effect of thermal exposure on the residual stresses produced when broaching Inconel 718. The chosen parameters for broaching in this study are similar to those used when manufacturing turbine discs. The broaching operation produced a high level of tensile residual stresses at the broached surface. A layer with tensile residual stresses was formed in the sub-surface region, followed by a layer several times thicker with compressive residual stresses. Thermal exposure was conducted at 550 °C. The depth distributions of residual stresses after thermal exposure are presented and discussed in this paper. Complete relaxation of the surface tensile residual stresses was observed after 30 h thermal exposure, whereas the 3000 h thermal exposure influenced both the surface and sub-surface residual stress states.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 996)
• Pages: 574-579
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.996.574
• Online since: August 2014
• Authors: Zhe Chen*, Ru Lin Peng, Pajazit Avdovic, Johan Moverare, Fredrik Karlsson, Jin Ming Zhou, Sten Johansson
• Keywords: Broaching, Inconel 718, Recrystallization, Residual Stress, Thermal Exposure

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