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The influence of test frequency, temperature, and environment on the fatigue resistance of an Ni3Al–B/Cr/Zr intermetallic alloy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

G.M. Camus ,
D.J. Duquette  and
N.S. Stoloff
G.M. Camus
Affiliation:
Laboratoire des Composites Thermostructuraux, U.M.R. 47 CNRS/SEP/UBI, 3 Avenue Leonard de Vinci, 33600 Pessac, France
D.J. Duquette
Affiliation:
Materials Engineering Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180-3590
N.S. Stoloff
Affiliation:
Materials Engineering Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180-3590
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Abstract

Stress-controlled fatigue tests have been carried out on an Ni3Al–B/Cr/Zr alloy, at 600 °C and 800 °C in air and in vacuum at various test frequencies. Decreasing the test frequency and/or increasing the temperature leads to a decrease in the number of cycles to failure and a gradual disappearance of a fatigue fracture zone. This trend is shown to be related to a true creep component. Environment has a weak interacting effect on fatigue life but strongly influences the fracture path in the fatigue zones, with fracture becoming partly or entirely intergranular when the environment is changed from vacuum to air. It is suggested that most of the fatigue life is spent in initiating a crack. Comparisons are made with some creep data in terms of fracture paths and time to rupture. Fatigue life at 800 °C is shown to be entirely controlled by creep damage at the lowest test frequency of 0.2 Hz.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , February 1992 , pp. 313 - 320
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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