Creep-Fatigue Properties of the Candidate Materials of 700°C-USC Boiler

Abstract

Creep-fatigue properties of candidate materials of 700°C-USC boiler are investigated. The candidate materials are Alloy 230, Alloy 263, Alloy 617 and HR6W. Creep-fatigue tests were conducted at 700°C and the effect of both strain range and hold time were studied. Experimental results showed that at 1.0% strain range, cycles to failure with 60 min strain holding is about 10% of that without strain holding, but at 0.7% strain range, cycles to failure with 60 min strain holding decreases down to about 1% of without strain holding. It appears that cycles to failure is decreased by increasing strain holding time at all tested strain ranges, and the effect of holding time is emphasized at small strain range. These phenomena depend on the kind of alloys.