Transversely isotropic viscoplasticity model for a directionally solidified Ni-base superalloy

Abstract A transversely isotropic continuum viscoplasticity model has been formulated to capture the fatigue and creep responses of a directionally solidified (DS) polycrystalline Ni-base superalloy used mainly in turbine blades. This model has been implemented as an ABAQUS User MATerial (UMAT) subroutine using a semi-implicit integration scheme. Isothermal uniaxial fatigue data from tests conducted with and without hold times and creep data are used to characterize the stress–strain response at temperatures ranging from 427 °C to 1038 °C. The scheme leads to reduction of the associated computational costs when compared to a crystal viscoplasticity model that explicitly considers 3-D grain structure. The macroscopic elastoviscoplastic model is shown to simulate the homogenized deformation response of the polycrystalline DS alloy for various isothermal histories. The predictive capability of this model is verified using both in-phase and out-of-phase TMF data, and is compared to the results of analysis of a single crystal in terms of stress concentration and stress distribution for a model problem of a plate with a central hole.

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