Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 2023, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (12): 2089-2099.DOI: 10.1007/s40195-023-01610-y

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Micro Defects Evolution of Nickel-Based Single Crystal Superalloys during Shear Deformation: A Molecular Dynamics Study

Peng Zhang1,2, Ming Chen2, Qiang Zhu1,2(), Linfu Zhang2, Guohua Fan3, Heyong Qin4, Qiang Tian4   

  1. 1National Key Laboratory for Precision Hot Processing of Metals, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
    2School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai 264209, China
    3Key Laboratory for Light-Weight Materials, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
    4Central Iron & Steel Research Institute Group, Beijing 100081, China
  • Received:2023-06-01 Revised:2023-08-06 Accepted:2023-08-31 Online:2023-10-17 Published:2023-10-17
  • Contact: Qiang Zhu

Abstract:

Nickel-based single crystal superalloys have become the main structural materials of the aero-engines due to excellent high-temperature strength. The micro defects evolution of nickel-based single crystal superalloys under shear deformation was investigated by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations in the present study. It is found that the interfacial dislocations decompose into Shockley dislocations under low shear stress, resulting in the plastic deformation of the Ni phase. The initial plastic deformation of the Ni3Al phase is caused by Shockley dislocations cutting into the Ni3Al phase. The following deformation from low temperature to medium temperature is controlled by dislocation slip, but the deformation at high temperature is changed. It is also found that the microvoid evolution can be divided into void growth and coalescence during shear deformation. The microvoid could prevent dislocation entanglement, accelerate dislocation decomposition, and promote earlier plastic deformation under relatively low temperatures.

Key words: Nickel-based single crystal superalloys, Micro defects evolution, Molecular dynamics simulation, Shear deformation