Ultra-high temperature deformation in a single crystal superalloy: Mesoscale process simulation and micromechanisms

Yuanbo T. Tang, Neil D’Souza, Bryan Roebuck, Phani Karamched, Chinnapat Panwisawas, David M. Collins*

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Abstract

A mesoscale study of a single crystal nickel-base superalloy subjected to an industrially relevant process simulation has revealed the complex interplay between microstructural development and the micromechanical behaviour. As sample gauge volumes were smaller than the length scale of the highly cored structure of the parent material from which they were produced, their subtle composition differences gave rise to differing work hardening rates, influenced by varying secondary dendrite arm spacings, γ phase solvus temperatures and a topologically inverted γ/γ microstructure. The γ precipitates possessed a characteristic butterfly morphology, resulting from the simultaneously active solute transport mechanisms of thermally favoured octodendritic growth and N-type rafting, indicating creep-type mechanisms were prevalent. High resolution-electron backscatter diffraction (HR-EBSD) characterisation reveals deformation patterning that follows the γ/γ microstructure, with high geometrically necessary dislocation density fields localised to the γ/γ interfaces; Orowan looping is evidently the mechanism that mediated plasticity. Examination of the residual elastic stresses indicated the butterfly γ precipitate morphology had significantly enhanced the deformation heterogeneity, resulting in stress states within the γ channels that favour slip, and that encourage further growth of γ precipitate protrusions. The combination of such localised plasticity and residual stresses are considered to be critical in the formation of the recrystallisation defect in subsequent post-casting homogenisation heat treatments.

Original languageEnglish
Article number116468
Number of pages15
JournalActa Materialia
Volume203
Early online date6 Nov 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jan 2021

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the provision of material from Rolls-Royce . D.C. acknowledges financial support from his Birmingham Fellowship and C.P. & Y.T. would like to acknowledge the funding from the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) under UKRI Innovation Fellowship EP/S000828/1.

Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Keywords

  • ETMT
  • HR-EBSD
  • Micromechanics
  • Process simulation
  • Recrysallization
  • Single crystal
  • Ultra-high temperature deformation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Ceramics and Composites
  • Polymers and Plastics
  • Metals and Alloys

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