Very High Cycle Fatigue of Ni-Based Single-Crystal Superalloys at High Temperature

High Temperature Nanoindentation of Ni-base Superalloys

Novel techniques for characterizing and assessing the properties of Ni-base superalloys are becoming increasingly important to the accelerated development of new structural alloys and the advancement of physics-based mechanical property models. Instrumented indentation techniques have long served as a useful approach for probing the mechanical response of a wide range of engineering materials. ...

High-Cycle Fatigue of Single-Crystal Silicon Thin Films

When subjected to alternating stresses, most materials degrade, e.g., suffer premature failure, due to a phenomenon known as fatigue. It is generally accepted that in brittle materials, such as ceramics, fatigue can only take place in toughened solids, i.e., premature fatigue failure would not be expected in materials such as single crystal silicon. The results of this study, however, appear to...

Very High Cycle Fatigue Behavior of a Directionally Solidified Ni-Base Superalloy DZ4

The effect of casting pores on the very high cycle fatigue (VHCF) behavior of a directionally solidified (DS) Ni-base superalloy DZ4 is investigated. Casting and hot isostatic pressing (HIP) specimens were subjected to very high cycle fatigue loading in an ambient atmosphere. The results demonstrated that the continuously descending S-N curves were exhibited for both the casting and HIP specime...

Low-Cycle Fatigue Behaviour of a Ni-Based Single-Crystal Superalloy

Phase transformation strengthening of high-temperature superalloys

Decades of research has been focused on improving the high-temperature properties of nickel-based superalloys, an essential class of materials used in the hot section of jet turbine engines, allowing increased engine efficiency and reduced CO2 emissions. Here we introduce a new 'phase-transformation strengthening' mechanism that resists high-temperature creep deformation in nickel-based superal...