Study on Fracture Morphologies of Nickel Based P/M Superalloy

Abstract:

Fracture morphology analysis is an important way to understand material fracture process, find the reason of fracture and improve its performance. Nickel based powder metallurgy (P/M) superalloy is an important material which is widely used in the modern aeronautic and astronautic industry. In order to determine the fracture characteristic morpholgies and mechanisms of the P/M superalloy fractured at different conditions, the fracture surfaces of the high temperature low cycle fatigue,high cycle fatigue, high-low cycle complex fatigue, tension and creep specimens from the P/M superalloy were studied by scanning electron microscopy and stereo-microscopy. The mechanisms and influencing factors of high temperature fatigue crack initiation and propagation were emphatically analyzed, and creep and tension fracture mechanisms of the P/M superalloy were also discussed. The application of the fracture surface analysis for the fracture failure analysis of the P/M superalloy turbine disk were introduced finally.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 788)
• Pages: 531-537
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.788.531
• Online since: April 2014
• Authors: Xue Qin Hou*, Yu Huai He, Tao Jiang
• Keywords: Creep Fracture, Fatigue Fracture, Morpholoy, Nickel Based P/M Superalloy, Tension Fracture

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