@conference {1606, title = {Role of Non-metallic Inclusions and Twins on the Variability in Fatigue Life in Alloy 718 Nickel Base Superalloy}, booktitle = {Superalloys 2020}, year = {2020}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, organization = {Springer International Publishing}, abstract = {

Non-metallic inclusions (NMIs) and slip bands parallel to and slightly offset from twin boundaries are observed to be preferential sites for fatigue crack nucleation in wrought superalloys. Potential interactions between NMI cracking and slip activity within neighboring grains or at twin boundaries were investigated under monotonic tensile loading (up to 1.3\% total strain) at room temper- ature. High resolution- and Heaviside-digital image correlation measurements were performed during inter- rupted tensile loading to identify strain localization, associated slip systems, and damage initiation. Different mechanisms and scenarios were identified: (1) Microplas- ticity generally starts at twin boundaries even at stresses as low as 70\% of the macroscopic yield strength, (2) transgranular slip activity intensively develops above the macroscopic yield stress, (3) intense slip activity develops near and parallel to 21\% of the twin boundaries intercepting NMIs, (4) 7\% of the twin boundaries inter- cepting NMIs lead to slip-assisted NMI cracking, (5) no transgranular slip activity participates in NMI cracking, (6) the fraction of cracked NMIs progressively increases with the load, and (7) within the NMIs that initiated cracks, 67\% cracked below 90\% of the macroscopic yield strength without the presence of slip activity in the neighboring grains. While slip-assisted NMI cracking was evidenced in the present study, most NMI cracking is due to strain incompatibility between NMIs and neighboring grains at the high end of the elastic regime without slip interaction.

}, keywords = {fatigue, High Resolution-Digital Image Correlation (HR-DIC), In-situ tensile testing, Non-metallic inclusions (NMIs), Twin boundary}, isbn = {9783030518349}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-51834-9}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51834-9_65}, author = {Texier, Damien and Stinville, Jean-Charles and Charpagne, Marie-agathe and Chen, Zhe and Valle, Valery and Villechaise, Patrick and Pollock, Tresa M. and Cormier, Jonathan}, editor = {Tin, Sammy and Hardy, Mark and Clews, Justin and Cormier, Jonathan and Feng, Qiang and Marcin, John and O{\textquoteright}Brien, Chris and Suzuki, Akane} } @article {1501, title = {In-plane and out-of-plane deformation at the sub-grain scale in polycrystalline materials assessed by confocal microscopy}, journal = {Acta Materialia}, volume = {169}, year = {2019}, pages = {260{\textendash}274}, abstract = {

High-resolution digital image correlation (HR-DIC) techniques have become essential in material mechanics to assess strain measurements at the scale of the elementary mechanisms responsible of the deformation in polycrystalline materials. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the use of laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM) coupled with DIC techniques to deepen knowledge on the deformation process of a polycrystalline nickel-based superalloy at room temperature. The LSCM technique is capable of detecting both in-plane and out-of-plane strain localization within slip bands at the sub-grain level. The LSCM observations are consistent with previous in-situ scanning electron microscopy (SEM) studies: The onset of crystal plasticity occurs primarily near \Σ3 twin boundaries with macroscopic loading in the elastic domain (macroscopic stress as low as 80\% of the 0.2\% offset yield strength (Y.S. 0.2\% )). This intense irreversible strain localization occurs with either a high Schmid factor (\μ \> 0.43) or a significant elastic modulus difference between the pair of twins (\Δ\Ε \> 100 GPa). In the plastic deformation domain, transgranular slip activity following slip systems with the highest Schmid factor is mostly responsible for the deformation at the grain level, thus leading to strain percolation. The simultaneous in-plane and out-of-plane deformation assessment via the HR-LSCM-DIC technique was found to be essential for the identification of active slip systems. Finally, the HR-LSCM-DIC technique enabled the quantification of the glide amplitude involved in the three-dimensional shearing process at the grain level that solely in-plane measurements cannot provide.

}, keywords = {High Resolution-Digital Image Correlation (HR-DIC), In-situ tensile testing, Laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM), Nickel-based polycrystalline superalloy, Strain localization}, issn = {13596454}, doi = {10.1016/j.actamat.2019.03.001}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2019.03.001}, author = {Liu, J. H. and Vanderesse, N. and Stinville, J. C. and Pollock, T. M. and Bocher, P. and Texier, D.} }