journal article·2023-05Open access

Slip localization behavior at triple junctions in nickel-base superalloys

Jonathan M. Hestroffer, Jean-Charles Stinville, Marie-Agathe Charpagne, Matthew P. Miller, Tresa M. Pollock, Irene J. Beyerlein

Acta Materialia· Volume 249

Abstract

Incipient slip localization in the vicinity of hundreds of grain boundary triple junctions (TJs) in a lightly deformed nickel-base superalloy IN718 is studied using a combination of three-dimensional (3D) crystal plasticity finite element (CPFE) modeling, high resolution digital image correlation (HR-DIC) and 3D electron back-scatter diffraction tomography (3D EBSD). A 3D reconstruction method enables identification of thousands of TJs and correspondence of any observed slip bands with their originating TJ lines below the specimen surface. We present a large-scale CPFE model of the experimental 3D microstructure composed of high-fidelity representation of the TJ lines and the boundaries and interiors of the parent grains and use it to calculate the local micromechanical response and slip activity of all TJs at the onset of macroscopic yielding. Statistical analysis of the calculated quantities reveal TJs develop larger stress concentration and grain-average re-orientation than grain interiors and grain boundaries, however no substantial differences in cumulative slip were found among these microstructural regions. We find that TJs with observed slip bands generate lower grain-average re-orientation, fewer active slip systems, and more localized slip on a single system than those without. The distinctions in the reorientation and slip activity are stronger in TJs that experience more intense slip.
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OpenAlex topics: High Temperature Alloys and Creep · Microstructure and mechanical properties · Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals

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