Assessment of creep damage models in the prediction of high-temperature creep behaviour of Alloy 617

• Published in: The International journal of pressure vessels and piping 2019-11, Vol.177 (C), p.103974, Article 103974
• Main Authors: Kan, Kevin, Muránsky, Ondrej, Bendeich, Philip J., Wright, Richard N., Kruzic, Jamie J., Payten, Warwick
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Alloy 617; Creep; Creep damage models; Creep failure; Creep life prediction
• ISSN: 0308-0161; 1879-3541
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpvp.2019.103974

This study aims to predict the creep response of Alloy 617 and assess the accuracy of three established creep damage models in predicting the creep time-to-failure (tf) and strain-to-failure (εf) in the temperature range of 800–1000 °C. Idaho National Laboratory (INL) creep data were used to calibrate (1) Ductility Exhaustion (DE), (2) Stress-Modified Ductility Exhaustion (SMDE), and (3) Strain-Energy Density (SED) creep damage models using multiple linear regression (LR) and reverse damage (RD) approaches. In order to predict the creep response of Alloy 617 these creep damage models are then coupled with (secondary) creep strain model calibrated using Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), and Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) experimental data. Direct comparisons made between the investigated creep damage models revealed that the SED model with parameters calibrated through RD approach captures the creep response of Alloy 617 the most accurately and it thus produces the most accurate prediction of time-to-failure (tf) and strain-to-failure (εf) across different temperature/stress (creep) conditions. However, it is also shown that none of the employed creep damage models are able to fully capture the material creep response at 1000 °C. This is attributed the strong oxidation of Alloy 617 at 1000 °C (tested in air) leading to the formation of a thick oxidation layer, which might affect the failure mechanism of the alloy at this temperature. •The most accurate prediction is achieved using Strain-Energy Density (SED) model.•Reverse damage approach yields more accurate results than linear regression approach.•No creep damage model was able to capture the creep behaviour at 1000 °C.