Abstract
Serrations known as Portevin Le-Chatelier effect have been observed in a coarse grained nickel
based superalloy RR1000 in the temperature range from 300 to 750uC. These serrations may be
due to dynamic strain aging (DSA), which affects the stress relaxation behaviour of the material.
Further experiments have been carried out over a wide range of temperature and under selected
loading conditions to interrogate the DSA phenomenon. The results show that, in addition to
serrations, the alloy also exhibits unusual strain rate insensitivity and increased strain hardening in
the DSA temperature regime. Possible mechanisms of DSA have been explored using
transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to examine typical samples tested under selected and
well defined loading conditions.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 226-232 |
Journal | Materials at High Temperature |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2014 |