Abstract
Abstract— Linear-elastic fracture mechanics techniques were used to characterize the effect of temperature on the fatigue-crack propagation behaviour of precipitation heat-treated. Inconel X-750 in an air environment over the temperature range 24 to 649°C. In general, crack growth rates were found to increase with increasing temperature, particularly at the highest test temperature (649°C). The effect of stress ratio on the fatigue-crack growth behaviour of Inconel X-750 was examined at 538°C, and results indicated that the elevated temperature fatigue response of this nickel-base superalloy was relatively insensitive to stress ratio level at the growth rate levels studied. Metallographic and electron fractographic examination of Inconel X-750 fatigue fracture surfaces revealed operative crack growth mechanisms to be a function of temperature and prevailing stress intensity factor. Under room temperature and intermediate temperature conditions (up to 538°C), all fatigue fracture surfaces exhibited a faceted crystallographic morphology at low crack growth rates followed by striations in the higher growth rate regime. At the highest test temperature (649°C), the fatigue crack was found to propagate by an intergranular mechanism.
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