Enhancement of the Creep Resistance of Metals.
Abstract
Creep data are reported for three materials titanium (6Al-4V), Haynes 188, and 321 steel. In all threee cases, a specimen which had been prestressed below the proportional limit and whose surface layer had been eliminated creeps at much lower rates compared to untreated ones. The ratio, R, of creep rates in untreated and treated specimens decreases with stress and reaches a value of 1 at the proportional limit where the surface layer is completely reformed in the treated specimen. Ratios of 4 in titanium (6Al-4V) at 600F, 14 in 321 steel at 1200F, and 14 in Haynes 188 at 1600F are reported at the lowest stresses investigated. The improvements are independent of method of prestressing (in tension or in bending or by shot-peening) and removal of surface layer stress (room temperature stress relaxation or high temperature relaxation, chem-milling). A model is proposed to explain the mechanism by which such large improvements are obtained. This model considers a specimen as a composite of surface and core with workhardening and recovery occurring in both parts. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1971
- Accession Number
- AD0730524
Entities
People
- I. R. Kramer
- N. Balasubramanian
Organizations
- Martin Marietta