Creep and Stress Rupture :

Ch. 13 : GE Dieter, Mechanical Metallurgy Definition of Creep and Creep Curve : (13-3, text 8.13) def. Creep is time-dependent plastic strain at constant stress and temperature Creep curve : Fig. 8-32
& s=AnD since Qc=QD (Eq. 8.24) & s = A1 n e Qc / RT or - Fig. 13-6; Fig 13-8
& ) : Temperature and Stress Dependencies & s or simply steady-state creep-rate (

- total creep curve : = o + p + s o = instantaneous strain at loading (elastic, anelastic and plastic) & st s = steady-state creep strain (constant-rate viscous creep ) = p = primary or transient creep : Andrade- flow (or 1/3 rd law) : t1/3 primary or transient creep : Andrade- flow (or 1/3 rd law) : p = t1/3 problem as t 0 Garofalo / Dorn Equation : p = t (1 - e-rt ) , r is related to Dorn Both primary and steady-state follow similar kinetics - temperature compensated time ( = t e- Qc/RT) t - single universal curve with t replaced by or s
&i ( 1 20) . &s

& & st see Sherby-Dorn (Al), Murty (Zr) Or, creep strain - o = t (1 - e- st ) +

Sherby-Dorn -parameter

Creep curves for Al at constant stress (3,000 psi) and at three different temperatures
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A single curve demonstrating the validity of -parameter

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Sherby and Dorn (1956)

t s Creep data in Zircaloy at varied temperatures (F) and stresses (ksi) fall into a single curve demonstrating the validity of Dorn equation (Murty et al 1976)

(K. L. Murty, M.S. Thesis, 1967) & eQ/RT Zener-Holloman : Z=

Stress Rupture Test : (13-4) vs tr Representation of engineering creep / rupture data (13-12, 13-13) - Figs. 13-17, 13-18 Sherby-Dorn Parameter : Larson-Miller Parameter : PS-D = t e-Q/RT PL-M = T (log t + C) Fig. 13-19-21

T - Ta Manson-Haferd Parameter : PM-H = log t - log t

--- these parameters are for a given stress and are functions of (Fig. 13-20) ---

& str Monkman-Grant :

Eq. 13-24

Demonstration of Monkman-Grant Relationship in Cu (Feltham and Meakin 1959)

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