Combined high and low cycle fatigue analysis of FGH96 alloy under high temperature conditions

Abstract

The FGH96 alloy as a common material for preparing turbine discs, can withstand high- and low-cycle combined loading during service, which significantly affects its fatigue performance. In this work, the combined high and low cycle fatigue (CCF) behavior of the FGH96 alloy was explored at various low cycle stress amplitudes (600, 630, 650, 680, and 700 MPa) using a self-improved experimental platform at a high temperature of 650 °C. The results indicate that increasing the amplitude of the low-cycle stress decreases the service endurance of the FGH96 alloy at CCF condition. Under the same low cycle stress amplitude, its CCF life of alloy is lower than the pure low cycle fatigue life. A fatigue service life prediction model, grounded in the theory of crystal plasticity, has been developed to assess the combined fatigue service life across different low-cycle stress amplitudes. A comparison between the predicted and actual lifespan showed that the predicted lifetime fell within a range three times the scattering band.