Effect of creep and oxidation on reduced fatigue life of Ni-based alloy 617 at 850 °c

Xiang Chen, Zhiqing Yang, Mikhail A. Sokolov, Donald L. Erdman, Kun Mo, James F. Stubbins

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Abstract

Low cycle fatigue (LCF) and creep-fatigue testing of Ni-based alloy 617 was carried out at 850 C. Compared with its LCF life, the material's creep-fatigue life decreases to different extents depending on test conditions. To elucidate the microstructure-fatigue property relationship for alloy 617 and the effect of creep and oxidation on its fatigue life, systematic microstructural investigations were carried out using scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). In LCF tests, as the total strain range increased, deformations concentrated near high angle grain boundaries (HAGBs). The strain hold period in the creep-fatigue tests introduced additional creep damage to the material, which revealed the detrimental effect of the strain hold time on the material fatigue life in two ways. First, the strain hold time enhanced the localized deformation near HAGBs, resulting in the promotion of intergranular cracking of alloy 617. Second, the strain hold time encouraged grain boundary sliding, which resulted in interior intergranular cracking of the material. Oxidation accelerated the initiation of intergranular cracking in alloy 617. In the crack propagation stage, if oxidation was promoted and the cyclic oxidation damage was greater than the fatigue damage, oxidation-assisted intergranular crack growth resulted in a significant reduction in the material's fatigue life.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)393-403
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Nuclear Materials
Volume444
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • General Materials Science
  • Nuclear Energy and Engineering

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