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A chemo-thermo-mechanically constitutive theory of high-temperature interfacial oxidation in alloys under deformation

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Failure due to interfacial oxidation is one of the most important factors in the failure of alloy systems at high temperatures. To analyze high-temperature interfacial oxidation in alloys under deformation, we develop a thermodynamically consistent continuum theory of alloy interfacial oxidation process considering diffusion, oxidation, expansion, viscoplasticity, and deformation processes. Balance equations of force, mass, and energy are presented at first, while the coupled constitutive laws and evolution equations are constructed according to energy dissipation inequality. The coupled kinetics reveals a new mechanism whereby deformation affects the oxidation reaction by changing the alloy’s critical oxygen concentration. External tensile loads decrease the critical oxygen concentration and promote oxidation of the alloy. Conversely, external compressive loads increase the critical oxygen concentration and suppress the oxidation of the alloy. Finally, this theory is applied to thermal barrier coatings (TBCs), exhibiting a good consistency with the high-temperature oxidation experiment of TBCs under external loads. The model successfully explains that the experimental phenomenon of external tensile load accelerates the growth of Al2O3−TGO (thermally grown oxides). Besides, external compressive loads slow down the growth of Al2O3−TGO at the interface and lead to internal oxidation of the bond coat. The presented framework has shown great potential for modeling high-temperature interfacial oxidation processes in alloy systems under deformation.

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  1. School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Xidian University, Xi’an, 710126, China

    Li Yang & YiChun Zhou

  2. College of Engineering, BIC-ESAT, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China

    QianQian Zhou & YueGuang Wei

  3. Frontier Research Center of Thin Films and Coatings for Device Applications, Academy of Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, Xidian University, Xi’an, 710126, China

    Li Yang & YiChun Zhou

  4. AECC Hunan Aviation Powerplant Research Institute, Zhuzhou, 412002, China

    Min Nie

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11890684, 12032001, and 51590891), the Technology Innovation Leading Program of Shaanxi (Grant No. 2022TD-28), and the Hunan Provincial Natural Science Innovation Research Group Fund (Grant No. 2020JJ1005).

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Zhou, Q., Yang, L., Nie, M. et al. A chemo-thermo-mechanically constitutive theory of high-temperature interfacial oxidation in alloys under deformation. Sci. China Technol. Sci. 66, 1018–1037 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-022-2208-6

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