National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFB3705102) National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFB3705101) National Science and Technology Major Project of China(J2019-VI-0020-0136) National Natural Science Foundation of China(U1708253) National Natural Science Foundation of China(51571052)
There has been rapid development in the turbine power systems of aeroengines and gas turbines. Consequently, the application of surface impact strengthening technology for the surface strengthening of superalloys used in turbine rotors and its corresponding mechanisms have attracted wide attention. However, it is difficult to prevent the recovery and recrystallization of the surface hardened layer of superalloys serviced at high temperatures. This leads to the degradation of both the surface strengthening/toughening and fatigue resistance. This is the main hurdle restricting the wide application of surface impact strengthening technology for key components of advanced superalloys. In this paper, the progress made in surface impact strengthening mechanisms and the applications of nickel-based superalloys in recent years are summarized. The effect of surface impact strengthening on the surface strength, toughness, and fatigue resistance of nickel-based superalloys is analyzed. The evolution of the microstructure of the hardened surface of the alloys during long-term aging at high temperatures, and its effect on high-temperature stability are explored. The paper aims to provide essential and important information for developing surface impact strengthening mechanisms of nickel-based superalloys and improving the fatigue resistance of turbine rotors of aeroengines and gas turbines.
Keywords:nickel-based superalloy;
surface strengthening technology;
anti-fatigue manufacturing;
hardened layer;
high temperature stability of microstructure and property
WANG Lei, LIU Mengya, LIU Yang, SONG Xiu, MENG Fanqiang. Research Progress on Surface Impact Strengthening Mechanisms and Application of Nickel-Based Superalloys[J]. Acta Metallurgica Sinica, 2023, 59(9): 1173-1189 DOI:10.11900/0412.1961.2023.00134
Fig.2
Nanocrystalline and deformation twins layer with gradient distribution in the cross-sectional surface hardened layer obtained by shot peening of GH4169 alloy[33]
Fig.4
Effects of shot peening on fatigue crack initiation location of Udimet 720Li alloy before (a, c) and after (b, d) shot peening under the same load amplitude[35] (Fig.4c enlarged for red frame in Fig.4a, Fig.4d enlarged for the lake blue frame in Fig.4b)
Fig.5
Effects of surface shot peening with different intensities on S-N curves of GH4169 superalloy[13] (S—stress amplitude, N—number of cycle to failure)
Fig.6
Residual compressive stress distributions of hard-ened layer of IN718 alloys with different hole extrusion treatments[43] (Inset shows the stress and distance direction of hole extrusion treatment)
Fig.8
Morphologies of γ″ phase and dislocation patterns in the hardened layers of IN718 alloy treated with LSP (a) and warm laser shocking processing (WLSP) (Blue arrows show the γ″ phase/high-density dislocation complex structure containing stacking faults and nanosized twins) (b)[52]
Fig.11
Effect of LSP on the dislocation density of matrix and microstructure of γ′ phase in the surface hardened layer in nickel-based single crystal superalloy[65]
(a) untreated
(b-d) low (b) and high (c) magnified images of samples treated by LSP, and SAED pattern of Fig.11c (d)
Fig.13
Morphologies of complex structure of γ″ phase/high-density dislocation and micro-twins in γ″ phase induced by strong impact in the surface hardened layer of WLSP-treated IN718 superalloy[19]
(a) morphology of complex structure of γ″ phase/high-density dislocation
(b) dark field morphology of γ″ phase in Fig.13a (Blue arrows show micro-twins)
(c) micro-twins in γ″ phase induced by strong impact (Blue arrows show micro-twins)
(d) HRTEM image of micro-twins at the γ/γ″ interface
Fig.14
HRTEM images of the details of γ″/γ interface in the surface hardened layer of WLSP-treated IN718 superalloy[52] (a, d) HRTEM images of γ″/γ interface (a) and γ″ phase (d) in the surface hardened layer (Insets show fast Fourier transform (FFT) diffraction patterns) (b, e) magnified parts in the red boxes in Fig.14a (b) and Fig.14d (e), showing HRTEM images and corresponding maps of the geometric phase images (GPA) strain component εxx (εxx —x-direction in-plane strain) (c, f) line profiles of strain maps scanned along lines 1, 2, and 3 in Fig.14b (c) and lines 4, 5, and 6 in Fig.14e (f)
Fig.15
Effects of aging on the microhardness distribution in the surface hardened layer of LSP and WLSP samples of IN718 alloy at 650oC for 200 h[52] (Insets show optical micrographs of the Vickers indentation. LTA—long-term aging)
Fig.17
Micro-hardness distributions and depth changes of the surface hardened layer of LSP and WLSP IN718 alloys after aging at high temperatures (NA—non-aging)[81]
(a) micro-hardness of surface hardened layer after aging at different temperatures treated by LSP and WLSP
(b) comparison of micro-hardness of hardened layer
Fig.18
Effects of long-term aging on the contribution increment of strengthening mechanism of the surface hardened layer of LSP and WLSP IN718 alloys[81] (ΔσD—strength contribution from dislocation strengthening, ΔσGB—strength contribution from grain boundary strengthening)
Fig.19
Geometrically necessary dislocation (GND) density (ρGND) maps (a, b, d, e) and corresponding normal distribution statistical diagrams of GND density (c, f) of the surface hardened layer of LSP (a-c) and WLSP (d-f) IN718 alloys before (a, d) and after (b, e) long-term aging at 650oC[52] (RD—rolling direction, TD—transverse direction, ND—normal direction)
Designing a gradient structure in a Ni-based superalloy to improve fretting fatigue resistance at elevated temperatures through an ultrasonic surface rolling process
Surface characterization and fatigue evaluation in GH4169 superalloy: comparing results after finish turning; shot peening and surface polishing treatments
The aim of this work was to investigate the influence of laser shock peening on the topography, microstructure, surface roughness and the mechanical properties of the Inconel 625 nickel alloy. Examination of the topography and microstructure of the nickel alloy after laser treatment was carried out by means of scanning electron microscopy as well as atomic force microscopy. The roughness of the surface was measured by WYKO NT9300 equipment. Nanohardness test was carried out using a nanoindenter NHT 50-183 of CSM Instruments equipped with a Berkovich diamond indenter. Additionally, transmission electron microscopy was used to examine the microstructural changes on the surface layer after laser treatment. The investigations showed that the laser process produced an ablation and melting of the surface layer and, hence, increased the surface roughness of the Inconel 625. On the other hand, the presence of the slip bands on the surface and on the cross section of the treated material, a high density of dislocations and a higher hardness of the treated region indicated that the laser shock processing caused severe plastic deformation of the surface layer. Additionally, due to the high plastic deformation, cracking of the carbide precipitates was observed.
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A residual stress depth profile up to 1 mm is determined with the Ortner method in a single crystal of a nickel-based superalloy which has been subjected to shot-peening. An optimization procedure is assessed to minimize uncertainties connected to Bragg angle, mosaic spread and numerical stability. The theoretical background is reviewed to highlight the connections between Bragg angle positions and the stress tensor components in different coordinate systems and also to obtain a mathematically consistent formulation. Transformation matrices required to express the strain components with respect to the initial state are provided for the general case. It is shown that, when a stress gradient occurs beneath the sample surface plane, the value of the σ33component of the stress tensor determined from measurements is twice its true value. For a sample surface oriented along a 〈100〉 crystallographic direction, the data analysis shows that the compressive stresses which develop in the 150 µm-thick surface layer are compensated for by small tensile stresses developing at long scale rather than a specific layer of finite size featuring high tensile stresses. At least 17 Bragg angles are required to have stable solutions with standard deviations close to 30 MPa. Maximum compressive stresses of 1000 or 1400 MPa depending on the assumption used to describe the initial state occur at a 30 µm depth.
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Local strain redistribution in a coarse-grained nickel-based superalloy subjected to shot-peening, fatigue or thermal exposure investigated using synchrotron X-ray Laue microdiffraction
Laser shock peening (LSP), as an innovative surface treatment technology, can effectively improve fatigue life, surface hardness, corrosion resistance, and residual compressive stress. Compared with laser shock peening, warm laser shock peening (WLSP) is a newer surface treatment technology used to improve materials’ surface performances, which takes advantage of thermal mechanical effects on stress strengthening and microstructure strengthening, resulting in a more stable distribution of residual compressive stress under the heating and cyclic loading process. In this paper, the microstructure of the GH4169 nickel superalloy processed by WLSP technology with different laser parameters was investigated. The proliferation and tangling of dislocations in GH4169 were observed, and the dislocation density increased after WLSP treatment. The influences of different treatments by LSP and WLSP on the microhardness distribution of the surface and along the cross-sectional depth were investigated. The microstructure evolution of the GH4169 alloy being shocked with WLSP was studied by TEM. The effect of temperature on the stability of the high-temperature microstructure and properties of the GH4169 alloy shocked by WLSP was investigated.
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The effects of cold work produced by peening processes in residual stress relaxation under elevated temperatures were investigated. Two types of peening processes namely shot peening and laser peening were used to generate different amount of cold work and residual stresses in the study. Characterisation of residual stress induced by cold working were carried out using X-ray diffraction coupled with electrochemical polishing method to measure the variation of residual stress with depth. Residual stresses in shot peened samples were observed to relax more rapidly than that of laser peened ones when subjected to thermal exposure. The data collected from the experimental investigation was then used to build a correlation function to model the effects of cold work on residual stress relaxation. A parameter describing cold work’s contribution to stress relaxation is introduced into the well-known Zener-Wert-Avrami (ZWA) model. The model was validated against experimental measurements and showed good agreement in both shot peened and laser peened samples.
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An austenitic stainless steel 1Cr18Ni9Ti and a solid solution-strengthened Ni-base superalloy GH30 were shock processed using a Q-switched pulsed Nd-glass laser. Microstructure, hardness and residual stress of the laser shock processed surface were investigated as functions of laser processing parameters. Results show that high density of dislocations and fine deformation twins are produced in the laser shock processed surface layers in both the austenitic stainless steel and the nickel-base superalloy. Extensive strain-induced martensite was also observed in the laser shock processed zone of the austenitic steel. The hardness of the laser shock processed surface was significantly enhanced and compressive stress as high as 400 MPa was produced in the laser shock processed surface.
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Aiming at the phenomenon that the residual stress induced by Laser Shock Peening (LSP) will relax and redistribute under various loads, temperature, cyclic load, and the dual treatment of temperature and cyclic load on the residual stress relaxation of FGH95 powder superalloy after LSP treatment were studied, and the analysis model of relevant residual stress relaxation was constructed. The purpose is to understand the strengthening effect and stability of the alloy under temperature and cyclic load after LSP treatment. With the increase of treatment temperature, the relaxation of residual stress became more and more obvious. Most of the residual stress relaxation occurred in the first 30 min of temperature treatment, then slowed down and stabilized after 1 h. The residual stress was initially relaxed in the first 50 cycles, remained roughly unchanged between 50 and 5000 cycles. The intensify of the cyclic load increasing, adding material yield level, further plastic deformation and residual stress relaxation rate increases. With the increase of load intensify and load ratio, residual stress relaxation was also increased. The residual stress relaxation rate after 600 °C and cyclic load treatment was 56.2%, both greater than that after 600 °C or cyclic treatment of 25 °C, but less than the sum of the two conditions. The results of this paper provide a reference for the LSP of the FGH95 powder superalloy turbine disk and other aero engine parts.
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As a metal surface strengthening technology, oblique laser shock peening uses the force effect of pulsed laser beams to significantly improve the mechanical properties of materials and prolong service life. However, the processing of metal parts still requires a high cost for testing the quality of the finished product. At present, there is no systematic and complete measurement method or evaluation system for the finished products of oblique laser shock peening technology. In this paper, a principal component analysis method and a comprehensive index method are organically combined to construct a method for evaluating the effect of oblique laser shock peening of FGH95 superalloy turbine disks. We measured 10 real data of FGH95 superalloy specimens after oblique laser shock peening by using the orthogonal test method and verified the data. Based on the evaluation results, we put forward a series of suggestions to improve the quality of oblique laser shock peening of FGH95 high-temperature turbine disks, providing a certain reference and guidance for processing FGH95 superalloy turbine disks.
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... [13]Surface morphologies of GH4169 alloy before (a) and after shot peening with intensities of 0.15 mmA (b) and 0.3 mmA (c)[13]Fig.31.4 高温合金表面喷丸强化的抗疲劳作用及影响因素
... [13]Effects of surface shot peening with different intensities on S-N curves of GH4169 superalloy[13] (S—stress amplitude, N—number of cycle to failure)Fig.5
Designing a gradient structure in a Ni-based superalloy to improve fretting fatigue resistance at elevated temperatures through an ultrasonic surface rolling process
... [19]Morphologies of complex structure of γ″ phase/high-density dislocation and micro-twins in γ″ phase induced by strong impact in the surface hardened layer of WLSP-treated IN718 superalloy[19]
(a) morphology of complex structure of γ″ phase/high-density dislocation ...
... [19]
(a) morphology of complex structure of γ″ phase/high-density dislocation ...
Evaluation of oblique laser shock peening effect of FGH95 superalloy turbine disk material
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Effect of laser shock peening on the hot corrosion behavior of Ni-based single-crystal superalloy at 750oC
... [33]Nanocrystalline and deformation twins layer with gradient distribution in the cross-sectional surface hardened layer obtained by shot peening of GH4169 alloy[33]Fig.2
... [35]Effects of shot peening on fatigue crack initiation location of Udimet 720Li alloy before (a, c) and after (b, d) shot peening under the same load amplitude[35] (Fig.4c enlarged for red frame in Fig.4a, Fig.4d enlarged for the lake blue frame in Fig.4b)Fig.4
Surface characterization and fatigue evaluation in GH4169 superalloy: comparing results after finish turning; shot peening and surface polishing treatments
... [43]Residual compressive stress distributions of hard-ened layer of IN718 alloys with different hole extrusion treatments[43] (Inset shows the stress and distance direction of hole extrusion treatment)Fig.63 激光冲击处理高温合金表面强化
... [43]Residual compressive stress distributions of hard-ened layer of IN718 alloys with different hole extrusion treatments[43] (Inset shows the stress and distance direction of hole extrusion treatment)Fig.63 激光冲击处理高温合金表面强化
Characteristics of microstructure evolution of surface treated IN718 superalloy by warm laser shock peening during long-term aging at high temperatures
... [52]Morphologies of γ″ phase and dislocation patterns in the hardened layers of IN718 alloy treated with LSP (a) and warm laser shocking processing (WLSP) (Blue arrows show the γ″ phase/high-density dislocation complex structure containing stacking faults and nanosized twins) (b)[52]Fig.83.3 高温合金LSP处理的硬化层残余应力状态
... [52]HRTEM images of the details of γ″/γ interface in the surface hardened layer of WLSP-treated IN718 superalloy[52] (a, d) HRTEM images of γ″/γ interface (a) and γ″ phase (d) in the surface hardened layer (Insets show fast Fourier transform (FFT) diffraction patterns) (b, e) magnified parts in the red boxes in Fig.14a (b) and Fig.14d (e), showing HRTEM images and corresponding maps of the geometric phase images (GPA) strain component εxx (εxx —x-direction in-plane strain) (c, f) line profiles of strain maps scanned along lines 1, 2, and 3 in Fig.14b (c) and lines 4, 5, and 6 in Fig.14e (f)Fig.14
... [52] (a, d) HRTEM images of γ″/γ interface (a) and γ″ phase (d) in the surface hardened layer (Insets show fast Fourier transform (FFT) diffraction patterns) (b, e) magnified parts in the red boxes in Fig.14a (b) and Fig.14d (e), showing HRTEM images and corresponding maps of the geometric phase images (GPA) strain component εxx (εxx —x-direction in-plane strain) (c, f) line profiles of strain maps scanned along lines 1, 2, and 3 in Fig.14b (c) and lines 4, 5, and 6 in Fig.14e (f)Fig.14
... [52]Effects of aging on the microhardness distribution in the surface hardened layer of LSP and WLSP samples of IN718 alloy at 650oC for 200 h[52] (Insets show optical micrographs of the Vickers indentation. LTA—long-term aging)Fig.15
... [52]Geometrically necessary dislocation (GND) density (ρGND) maps (a, b, d, e) and corresponding normal distribution statistical diagrams of GND density (c, f) of the surface hardened layer of LSP (a-c) and WLSP (d-f) IN718 alloys before (a, d) and after (b, e) long-term aging at 650oC[52] (RD—rolling direction, TD—transverse direction, ND—normal direction)Fig.19
Evolutions of microstructure, phase, microhardness, and residual stress of multiple laser shock peened Ni-based single crystal superalloy after short-term thermal exposure
... [65]Effect of LSP on the dislocation density of matrix and microstructure of γ′ phase in the surface hardened layer in nickel-based single crystal superalloy[65]
Local strain redistribution in a coarse-grained nickel-based superalloy subjected to shot-peening, fatigue or thermal exposure investigated using synchrotron X-ray Laue microdiffraction
... [81]Micro-hardness distributions and depth changes of the surface hardened layer of LSP and WLSP IN718 alloys after aging at high temperatures (NA—non-aging)[81]
(a) micro-hardness of surface hardened layer after aging at different temperatures treated by LSP and WLSP ...
... [81]
(a) micro-hardness of surface hardened layer after aging at different temperatures treated by LSP and WLSP ...
... (c) comparison of hardened layer depthFig.17
长期时效对LSP和WLSP处理的IN718合金表面硬化层强化机制贡献增量的影响[81]
Effects of long-term aging on the contribution increment of strengthening mechanism of the surface hardened layer of LSP and WLSP IN718 alloys[81] (ΔσD—strength contribution from dislocation strengthening, ΔσGB—strength contribution from grain boundary strengthening)Fig.18
Research progress of applications of laser shock processing on superalloys
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激光冲击强化在高温合金材料应用上的研究进展
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Thermal stress relaxation in shot peened and laser peened nickel-based superalloy
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Experimental and finite element simulation study of thermal relaxation of residual stresses in laser shock peened IN718 SPF superalloy
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Comparison of mechanisms of advanced mechanical surface treatments in nickel-based superalloy
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2013
High spatial resolution, high energy synchrotron X-ray diffraction characterization of residual strains and stresses in laser shock peened Inconel 718SPF alloy
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Laser shock processing of an austenitic stainless steel and a nickel-base superalloy
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2003
Study on stress relaxation characteristics of FGH95 powder superalloy treated by laser shock peening
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2022
Quantification of room temperature strengthening of laser shock peened Ni-based superalloy using synchrotron microdiffraction
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A study on the surface morphology evolution of the GH4619 using warm laser shock peening
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Ultrahigh strength in lightweight steel via avalanche multiplication of intermetallic phases and dislocation