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Crack growth behaviour under creep-fatigue conditions in Udimet 700 has been studied, and the crack growth data were analysed in terms of the stress intensity factor as well as theJ-integral parameter. Crack growth behaviour is shown to depend on the initial stress intensity level and the duration of hold-time at the peak load. For stress intensities that are lower than the threshold stress intensity for creep crack growth, the crack growth rate decreases with increase in hold time even on a cycle basis, da/dN, to the extent that complete crack arrest could occur at prolonged hold times. This beneficial creep-fatigue interaction is attributed to the stress relaxation due to creep. For stress intensities greater than the threshold stress intensity for creep crack growth, the growth rate on a cycle basis increases with increase in hold time. For the conditions where there is no crack arrest, the crack growth appears to be essentially cycle-dependent in the low stress intensity range and time-dependent in the high stress intensity range. Both the stress intensity factor and theJ-integral are shown to be valid only in a limited range of loads and hold-times where crack growth rate increases continuously.
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Sadananda, K., Shahinian, P. Hold-time effects on high temperature fatigue crack growth in Udimet 700. J Mater Sci 13, 2347–2357 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00808048
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