THIN-WALL EFFECT OF A DIRECTIONALLY SOLIDIFIED SUPERALLOY
ZHANG Hongwei; CHEN Rongzhang (Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials;Beijing 100095)(Manuscript received 1996-03-29; in revised form 1996-08-01
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ZHANG Hongwei; CHEN Rongzhang (Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials;Beijing 100095)(Manuscript received 1996-03-29; in revised form 1996-08-01. THIN-WALL EFFECT OF A DIRECTIONALLY SOLIDIFIED SUPERALLOY. Acta Metall Sin, 1997, 33(4): 370-374.
Abstract The thin-wall effect of a directionally solidified superalloy has been studied by using tubular hollow specimens (wall thickness l= 0.8, 1.2,1.6 mm) whose shape and thickness are similar to the hollow turbine blades made by the near-shape investigation cast procedure.The results show that stress-rupture properties of thin-wall specimens are not reduced remarkably comparing that of the standard ones (5 mm diamater), i.e., thin-wall effect of this alloy is not remarkable in this experiment. The results differing from that of previous works are discussed in term of cast process and microstructure.