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Wilson & Daleo Inc. Ancaster, Ontario Canada: Gtd111 Alloy Material Study Joseph A. Daleo
Wilson & Daleo Inc. Ancaster, Ontario Canada: Gtd111 Alloy Material Study Joseph A. Daleo
Joseph A. Daleo
Wilson & Daleo Inc. 1111111111 111)1111111111
Ancaster, Ontario
Canada
James R. Wilson
Wilson & Daleo Inc.
Ancaster, Ontario
Canada
This study measured some of the basic Evaluation of service exposed GTD111
mechanical and metallurgical characteristics of this components as to their suitability for repair or re-
poly-crystalline nickel base superalloy. Tensile and use is hampered by the lack of published
short term creep rupture properties as well as microstructural and mechanical property data and
microstructural and fracture characteristics are by limited experience with this particular material
presented. Both the as-heat-treated and thermally outside the manufacturer. This research program
exposed characteristics at two different was developed to understand the material's long
temperatures are examined. term metallurgical aging characteristics and to
generate enough basic material properties to
INTRODUCTION reliably provide engineering services. The
The poly-crystalline nickel base superalloy, information gained from the experiments is directly
GTD111, developed by General Electric (GE) is applicable to the analysis and repair of General
used extensively for high temperature rotating Electric rotating buckets in Frame 3, 5, 6,7 and 9
buckets in land based gas turbines. At present, for engine models.
a standard gas turbine material, only a minimum
amount of information detailing the metallurgical EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM
and mechanical properties of the alloy have been The experiments and tests conducted were
published. General Electric has published the designed to identify some of the basic mechanical
nominal chemistry and has indicated that the alloy and metallurgical property characteristics of the
has approximately a 20°C creep rupture advantage GTD111 alloy. The material was characterized in
over the industry standard blading material the standard heat treated condition and after
IN-738LC alloy (1)(6). Beyond this no other thermal exposures that bracket the operating
Presented at the International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress & Exhibition
Birmingham, UK — June 10-13, 1996
This paper has been accepted for publication in the Transactions of the ASME
Discussion of it will be accepted at ASME Headquarters until September 30, 1996
TABLE II
GTD111 TENSILE TEST DATA
TABLE IV
GTD111 CREEP RUPTURE DATA AFTER 5,000 HOUR THERMAL EXPOSURES
Figure 2. A Scanning Electron Micrograph of the 610111 microstructure in the standard heat treated condition
illustrating the duplex gamma prime precipitates in the gamma matrix .
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Figure 4. A Scanning Electron Micrograph illustrating the GTD111 microstructure after a 5,000 hour thermal exposure at
816°C (1500°F).
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Figure 5. A Scanning Electron Micrograph illustrating the GTD111 microstructure after a 5,000 hour thermal exposure at
899°C ( 1650°F).
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Figure 6. A Scanning Electron Micrograph of the GTD111 microstructure after a 5,000 hour thermal exposure
illustrating eutectic gamma prime nodules and MC carbides present along the grain boundaries.
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20 3 40
TEST TIME - HOURS
Figure 10. A Plot of Percent Creep Deformation (strain) versus time for the creep rupture samples in the standard
heat treated condition and after thermal exposures at 816°C and 899°C.
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' 10
5 10 15 20
TEST TIME - HOURS
-a- EIFMI79744, STANDARD HEAT TREAT -+- EIFM193232, STANDARD HEAT TREAT
-+- EIF1192260, 816 ° C/5,000 HOURS -0- EIFM204757, 899 ° C15,000 HOURS
Figure 11. A Plot of Percent Creep Deformation (strain) versus time for the creep rupture samples in the standard
heat treated condition and after thermal exposures at 816°C and 899°C.
20 40 60 80 100 120
TEST TIME - HOURS
- 0-- EIFM179744, STANDARD HEAT TREAT -0- EIFM193232, STANDARD HEAT TREAT
Figure 12. A Plot of Percent Creep Deformation (strain) versus time for the creep rupture samples in the standard
heat treated condition and after thermal exposures at 816°C and 899°C.
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0 4 in err
MA
2
migiopm
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
TEST TIME - HOURS
—•— EIFM192260, 816 ° C/5,000 HOURS —8— EIFM204757, 899 ° C/5,000 HOURS
Figure 13. A Pot of Percent Creep Deformation (strain) versus time for the creep rupture samples in the standard
heat treated condition and after thermal exposures at 816°C and 899°C.
GTD111 ALLOY CREEP RUPTURE DATA
TEST PARAMETERS 871°C/296.5 MPa
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6
0
4
0
Figure 14. A Plot of Percent Creep Deformation (strain) versus time for the creep rupture samples in the standard
teat treated condition and after thermal exposures at 816°C and 899°C.
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41"
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1 m m 2 0.0 t:: I.) 1.5 1 E 1 7 2 iS 1 /1 El fil 9 4 1,1 :::: El 0 7
Figure 15. A Scanning Electron Fractograph of GTD111 alloy in the standard heat treated condition creep tested at
871°C / 296.5 MPa.
Figure 16. A Scanning Electron Fractograph of GTD111 alloy in the standard heat treated condition creep tested at
871°C /296.5 MPa.
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Figure 18. A photomicrograph of GTD111 alloy, exposed at 816 °C for 5000 hours, creep tested at 871°C1296 5 MPa.
illustrating
_ that the intergranular fracture mechanism was assisted by oxidation of the grain boundaries ( X 500)
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1000
STRESS MPa
800
•
A
600
400
200
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000
TEST TEMPERATURE ° C
Figure 19. A tensile test property versus temperature plot comparing the GTD111 test data with the Rene 80 alloy.
6 • •
• C
STRESS (MPa)
0 •
Uhl
GUM AO
100
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
LARSON MILLER P=7(20+LOG t) X 10-3
Figure 20. A GTD111 alloy Larson Miller Curve constructed from the test data presented in Tables Ill and IV.
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gib
X
X y
10
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
LARSON MILLER P=T(20+LOG t) X 10 3
Figure 21. A Larson Miller plot comparing the GTD111 alloy test points with Rene 80 data from the literature and the
GTD111 larson miller curve published by General Electric.
WV
10
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
LARSON MILLER P=T(20+LOG t) X 10 3
Figure 22. A least squares regression model (Y=80+81 X+e) fitted to the GTD111 creep rupture da a illustrating the fit,
the 95% confidence 'ntervals about the mean and the 95% prediction interval for an individual observation. Test data
‘frarn the thermally exposed GTD111 material and select service exposed GTD111 data points are plotted.
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