Abstract
Due to elevated temperatures, excessive stresses and severed corrosion conditions, turbine engine components are subject to creep processes that limit the components life such as a turbine bucket. The failure mechanism of a turbine bucket is related primarily to creep and corrosion and secondarily to thermal fatigue. As a result, it is desirable to assess the current condition of such turbine component. This study uses the eddy current (EC) nondestructive evaluation technique in an effort to monitor the creep damage in a nickel base super-alloy, 7FA stage 2 turbine bucket after service. The experimental results show significative electrical conductivity variations in eddy current images on the creep damage zone of nickel base super-alloy samples cut from a turbine bucket. Thermoelectric power (TEP) measurements were also conducted in order to obtain a direct correlation between the presence of material changes due to creep damage and the electrical conductivity measurements.
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