1 AECC Shenyang Engine Research Institute, Shenyang 110015, China 2 School of Material Science and Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang 110870, China
By means of direct aging (DA) heat treatment, creep properties measurement and microstructure observation, the microstructure and creep behaviors of the GH4169 superalloy were investigated. Results show that the microstructure of the alloy consists of γ, γ', γ" and δ phases, and the coherent interfaces exist between the phases. The creep life of the alloy at 660℃/700 MPa is predicted to be 123h, and 39h at 680℃/700MPa. Under the testing temperature and stress range, the creep activation energy of the alloy is calculated to be 588.0 kJ/mol. The deformation mechanisms of the alloy during creep are dislocation slipping and twin deformation. The granular carbides precipitated along the grain boundaries may restrain the slipping of the boundary, which is thought to be the main reason of the good creep resistance. As the creep goes on, the slipping dislocations activated within the grains are hindered and blocked by the boundaries to cause the stress concentration, which may promote the initiation and propagation of the crack occurring along the boundaries perpendicular to the stress axis, when the value of stress concentration is higher than the bonding strength of the boundaries, up to the occurrence of creep fracture. This is thought to be the fracture mechanism of alloy during creep.
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