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This paper provides further insight into the formation of deformation twins at different stages during the whole thermomechanical fatigue cycling in a nickel-base single-crystal TMS-82 superalloy. In general, it is found that twinning behaviors can always be associated with the applied stress orientation. The preferred twinning direction at the primary stage is 〈001〉-compression since the tangled dislocations which appear after the first plastic deformation provide an opportunity for twinning nucleation in compression. At the intermediate stage, the applied stress required for formation of twins in tension is much larger than that in compression; hence, twinning behaviors show distinct tension/compression asymmetry. A thick twin plate and a great many dislocations can be found after fatigue failure, and one can rationalize the reason for this twinning being associated with the TMF procedure. Twins at the tip of the crack in tension occur owing to the existence of compressive strain field.
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 50971078, No. 51071096, and No. 51271097), Shandong Province Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. ZR2010EM009), and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (special grade, Grant No. 201003630).
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Lv, X.Z., Zhang, J.X. & Harada, H. Twinning Behaviors During Thermomechanical Fatigue Cycling of a Nickel-Base Single-Crystal TMS-82 Superalloy. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 23, 766–771 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-013-0809-3
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