Fracture mechanisms of failed IN-738LC gas turbine blades

An interesting  paper in « Case study in Engineering Failure Analysis » published on ScienceDirect.com. This paper outlines the problem of blades failure occurred because of excessive temperature exposure. Nickel based superalloys are widely used as gas turbine blade material. They suffer from microstructural instabilities and environmental damages. Creep properties of alloy was deteriorated by γ‘ particles dissolution.

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