Handbook of Case Histories in Failure Analysis
Stress-Rupture Characterization in Nickel-Based Superalloy Gas Turbine Engine Components
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Published:2019
Abstract
This article describes the visual, fractographic, and metallographic evidence typically encountered when analyzing stress rupture of turbine airfoils. Stress-rupture fractures are generally heavily oxidized, tend to be rough in texture, and are primarily intergranular and/or interdendritic in appearance compared to smoother, transgranular fatigue type fractures. Often, gross plastic yielding is visible on a macroscopic scale. Commonly observed microstructural characteristics include creep voiding along grain boundaries and/or interdendritic regions. Internal voids can also nucleate at carbides and other microconstituents, especially in single crystal castings that do not possess grain boundaries.
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Member Sign InWesley D. Pridemore, Stress-Rupture Characterization in Nickel-Based Superalloy Gas Turbine Engine Components, Handbook of Case Histories in Failure Analysis, Vol 3, Edited By Larry Berardinis, ASM International, 2019, p 43–50, https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.fach.v03.c9001758
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