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Analysis of a Directionally Solidified (DS) GTD-111 Turbine Blade Failure

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The purpose of this paper is to clarify the impact of pitting corrosion and erosion on the directionally solidified (DS) GTD-111 turbine blade behavior. Moreover, the pitting corrosion and oxidation phenomena engendered inside cooling channels of the turbine blade are utterly highlighted. Other features such as the η (Ni3, Ti) platelets nucleation, needle σ-phase precipitation at the interface NiPtAl/(DS) GTD-111 substrate are exhibited as well. Finally, the different microstructural changes in (NiPtAl) coating strata against hot corrosion, oxidation and interaction with (DS) GTD-111 substrate are revealed and argued.

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Sabri, K., Gaceb, M. & Si-Chaib, M.O. Analysis of a Directionally Solidified (DS) GTD-111 Turbine Blade Failure. J Fail. Anal. and Preven. 20, 1162–1174 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11668-020-00920-y

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