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Thermally Induced Grinding Damage in Superalloy Materials J. A. Kovach, Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio; S. Malkin (I), Univ. of Massachusetts at Amherst Received on January 28.1988 ABSTRACT: This paper i s concerned with thermal damage developed during conventional grinding operations employed i n the finishing of cast equiaxed nickel-based superalloy components. were utilized to identify the modes of superalloy grinding danage developed under abusive grinding conditions and the threshold parameters responsible for the onset of surface integrity degradation. element analyses compared favorably with those measured by X-ray diffraction techniques. microcracking in Rene-77 and 8-1900 alloys is not caused by residual stresses alone but enhanced by the onset of consti t ut i onal 1 i quati on. Laboratory experimentation coupled with finite element process models The results also indicate that Residual stresses predicted by finite KEY W OROS : surface grinding, residual stress, superalloy, grinding damage, finite element modeling, constitutional liquation 1.0 INTRODUCTION Improving metal removal processes associated with the manufacture of many superalloy aerospace components can be quite challenging due to the extraordinary mechanical property and performance requirements of the workpiece material. The characteristics which make these materials desirable from a product performance standpoint usually render them far from ideal in tens of manu- facturing processabi 1 ity. Many researchers [3,14,18,24.26,33,36] have investigated the conventional grinding process as applied to the grinding of fer- rous alloys. partition". specifically the actual grinding energy entering the workpiece as heat, governs the process from a critical maximum temperature standpoint. Salmon C321 et al. C341 have shown that superal loy grinding productivity could be dramatically increased by utilizing full depth or creep feed surface grinding tech- niques. Although the creep feed process can offer substantial productivity improvements, the process i s geared toward heavy stock removal operations. With advancements i n near net shape component manufacturing technologies, additional emphasis has recently been placed upon improving superalloy grinding produc- tivity through conventional grinding techniques utilizing moderate stock removal rates. Based upon the above manufacturing thrusts, the objective of this program was to utilize laboratory experimentation coupled with finite element process models to identify the modes of superalloy grinding damage developed under abusive grinding conditions and determine the threshold parameters responsible for the onset of surface integrity degradation. Malkin [l8l has shown that the "grinding energy 2.0 TECHNICAL APPROACH For the purposes of this investigation, two cast equiaxed nickel- based superalloys, 8-1900 and Rene-77. were studied. Although these alloys do not represent the state of the art in aircraft engine turbine blade materials, they are currently among the most widely used. Initially. the superalloy chip formation energy was determined using two types of Norton grinding wheels (32A 46H 8VBE and 53A 801 8VJN). ing surface damage. an additional series of tests was conducted using considerably harder wheels (M and N grade) and more abusive dressing parameters. Laboratory grinding tests were performed on a fully instrumented Brown & Sharpe surface grinder. To determine the chip formation energy, a procedure similar t o that presented i n E14.18-211 was employed. In addition to determining chip formation energy and basic superalloy grinding behavior, the above tests were also used t o identify conditions which produced surface discontinu- ities (microcracking). the specimen was examined for surface discontinuities to deter- mine the nature and location of any microcracks relative to the superalloy microstructure. acid etches, optical microscopy. and scanning electron microscopy were used to evaluate the finlshed surface of the ground super- a l l o y specimen. Under actual production conditions, if a crack greater than 0.38mm in length is detected via FPI techniques, the part is considered defective. this study lead to a wider grinding crack severity range than normal, and as such the standard binary (i.e., good/bad) pro- duction acceptance criterion was expanded. An arbitrary ranking scale, ranging from 1 to 10, was utilized to better distinguish between the severity of the defects and the conditions which produced them. A ranking of 1 was assigned when the ground surface displayed no signs of any defects. assigned when linear surface indications having a length of 0 . 3 b started t o appear (i.e., the threshold for production rejection). very severe cracking (many cracks over 0.38n in length). The remaining rankings were assigned by direct side-by-side To increase the likelihood of generat- At the conclusion of each grinding test, Fluorescent dye penetrants, Molybdic However, the use of the harder wheels i n A ranking of 5 was A rank of 10 was assigned when the surface displayed comparison of the ground specimen surfaces. laboratory superalloy specimens were analyzed through the use of X-ray diffraction techniques to identify the corresponding surface residual stresses. The superalloy grinding temperature profile was developed using ANSYS, a large-scale, general-purpose finite element modeling program. Revision 4.1 and 4.2 of the program were utilized on a OEC VAX 11/780 and VAX 8600, respectively. The basic FEA model consisted of a noving band heat source having uniform intensity. Inputs to the program included temperature dependent thermal and mechanical material properties, convective coollng, contact length considerations, and grinding conditions which caused surface damage durlng the laboratory experimentation. Tempera- ture dependent material property data was utilized from C8.14.23. 27,351. A two-dimensional grid was constructed using ANSYS STIF55 thermal elements. This element has four nodes and single degree of freedom, temperature, at each node and i s applicable for use i n a two-dimensional, steady-state or transient thermal analysis. Another key feature of the element i s that it can be directly replaced with an equivalent structural element (STIF42) for use i n a subsequent stress analysis. After a few initial attempts, an element size of 0.254mm square was chosen for use i n the area under the band source. Element size was selected based upon solution accuracy and computing time tradeoffs. The heat source was "stepped" through a distance of three band widths at a rate equivalent t o the workpiece velocity. sides, except the upper surface, were fixed and insulated. A nonlinear elastic/plastic FEA study was conducted to determine the effects of unloading upon cooling and to develop the result- ing residual stress distributions under threshold grinding damage conditions. As the workpiece cooled. the material was elastic- ally unloaded through a maximum stress range equal to twice the yield stress. In this fashion, the residual stress field could also be predicted. The workpiece material was modeled using classical bilinear kinematic hardening C131 behavior with mater- ial data for five temperatures. With this assumption, ANSYS can accept temperature dependent yield points occurring at various levels of strain. Required material data at intermediate tenper- atures was determined by ANSYS through linear interpolation. Yielding was based upon the Yon Mises yield criterion. Since the developed temperature distribution i s extremely shallow compared to the bulk of the workpiece, a condition of plane strain was assumed for all of the stress analyses. 3.0 MATERIAL and SURFACE INTEGRITY CONSIOERATIONS In general, superalloy materials must maintain high strength levels at elevated operating temperatures. strength at elevated temperature, the materials must also exhibit good resistance to oxidation and hot corrosion. Adequate ductil- i t y t o tolerate creep deformation and enhance low-cycle fatigue behavior i s a1 so required. Furthermore, good impact strength, castability, low density, and microstructural stability provide obvious advantages. Low thermal expansion and high thermal conductivity are desirable t o minimize the effects of thermal stresses. Unfortunately, the thermal conductivity of many super- alloys i s only 10% - 30% that of steel. Moreover, the thermal behavioral properties of Rene-77 can vary significantly with temperature. Both the thermal conductivity and specific heat increase with temperature while the thermal diffusivity tends to peak at approximately 787'C. An initial bench test was conducted to correlate crack locations developed under rapid heating and cooling with those observed i n abusive superal loy grinding experiments. Several Rene-77 and 8-1900 specimens were instrumented with a microthermocouple buried to within 0.3&rm from the surface. Then, using an oxyace- tylene torch. the test specimen surface was rapidly heated to approximately 1093'C followed by a rapid quench i n a bath of room temperature grinding fluid. The test was repeated using a maxi- mum measured temperature o f 787'C. The surfaces of all specimens Subsequently. t h e It was assumed t h a t a l l Aside from high Annals of the ClRP Vol. 37/1/1988 309

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Thermally Induced Grinding Damage in Superalloy Materials

J. A. Kovach, Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio; S. Malkin ( I ) , Univ. of Massachusetts a t Amherst Received on January 28.1988

ABSTRACT:

This paper i s concerned w i t h thermal damage developed d u r i n g convent ional g r i n d i n g opera t ions employed i n t h e f i n i s h i n g o f cast equiaxed nickel-based supera l loy components. were u t i l i z e d t o i d e n t i f y t h e modes o f s u p e r a l l o y g r i n d i n g danage developed under abusive g r i n d i n g c o n d i t i o n s and the t h r e s h o l d parameters respons ib le f o r t h e onset o f sur face i n t e g r i t y degradation. element analyses compared f a v o r a b l y w i t h those measured by X-ray d i f f r a c t i o n techniques. mic rocrack ing i n Rene-77 and 8-1900 a l l o y s i s n o t caused by r e s i d u a l s t resses alone b u t enhanced by the onset o f c o n s t i t u t i onal 1 i q u a t i on.

Laboratory exper imenta t ion coupled w i t h f i n i t e element process models

The r e s u l t s a l s o i n d i c a t e t h a t Residual s t resses p r e d i c t e d by f i n i t e

KEY W OROS :

sur face gr ind ing , r e s i d u a l stress, superal loy, g r i n d i n g damage, f i n i t e element modeling, c o n s t i t u t i o n a l l i q u a t i o n

1.0 INTRODUCTION

Improving metal removal processes associated w i t h t h e manufacture o f many supera l loy aerospace components can be q u i t e cha l leng ing due t o t h e e x t r a o r d i n a r y mechanical p roper ty and performance requirements o f t h e workpiece m a t e r i a l . The c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s which make these m a t e r i a l s d e s i r a b l e f rom a produc t performance standpoint u s u a l l y render them f a r f rom i d e a l i n t e n s o f manu- f a c t u r i n g processabi 1 i t y .

Many researchers [3,14,18,24.26,33,36] have i n v e s t i g a t e d t h e convent ional g r i n d i n g process as a p p l i e d t o the g r i n d i n g o f f e r - rous a l loys . p a r t i t i o n " . s p e c i f i c a l l y t h e a c t u a l g r i n d i n g energy e n t e r i n g t h e workpiece as heat, governs t h e process from a c r i t i c a l maximum temperature s tandpo in t . Salmon C321 e t a l . C341 have shown t h a t superal l o y g r i n d i n g p r o d u c t i v i t y c o u l d be d r a m a t i c a l l y increased by u t i l i z i n g f u l l depth o r creep feed sur face g r i n d i n g t e c h - niques. Although t h e creep feed process can o f f e r s u b s t a n t i a l p r o d u c t i v i t y improvements, t h e process i s geared toward heavy stock removal opera t ions . With advancements i n near n e t shape component manufactur ing technologies, a d d i t i o n a l emphasis has r e c e n t l y been placed upon improv ing supera l loy g r i n d i n g produc- t i v i t y through convent iona l g r i n d i n g techniques u t i l i z i n g moderate s tock removal rates. Based upon t h e above manufactur ing t h r u s t s , t h e o b j e c t i v e of t h i s program was t o u t i l i z e l a b o r a t o r y exper imenta t ion coupled w i t h f i n i t e element process models t o i d e n t i f y t h e modes o f s u p e r a l l o y g r i n d i n g damage developed under abusive g r i n d i n g c o n d i t i o n s and determine t h e t h r e s h o l d parameters respons ib le f o r t h e onset o f sur face i n t e g r i t y degradat ion.

M a l k i n [ l 8 l has shown t h a t t h e " g r i n d i n g energy

2.0 TECHNICAL APPROACH

For t h e purposes o f t h i s i n v e s t i g a t i o n , two c a s t equiaxed n i c k e l - based supera l loys , 8-1900 and Rene-77. were studied. Al though these a l l o y s do n o t represent t h e s t a t e o f t h e a r t i n a i r c r a f t engine t u r b i n e b lade m a t e r i a l s , they are c u r r e n t l y among t h e most w i d e l y used. I n i t i a l l y . t h e supera l loy c h i p fo rmat ion energy was determined u s i n g two types o f Norton g r i n d i n g wheels (32A 46H 8VBE and 53A 801 8VJN). i n g sur face damage. an a d d i t i o n a l s e r i e s o f t e s t s was conducted u s i n g cons iderab ly harder wheels (M and N grade) and more abusive dress ing parameters.

Laboratory g r i n d i n g t e s t s were performed on a f u l l y instrumented Brown & Sharpe sur face gr inder . To determine t h e c h i p fo rmat ion energy, a procedure s i m i l a r t o t h a t presented i n E14.18-211 was employed. I n a d d i t i o n t o de termin ing c h i p fo rmat ion energy and bas ic supera l loy g r i n d i n g behavior, t h e above t e s t s were a l s o used t o i d e n t i f y c o n d i t i o n s which produced sur face d i s c o n t i n u - i t i e s (microcracking). t h e specimen was examined f o r sur face d i s c o n t i n u i t i e s t o d e t e r - mine the na ture and l o c a t i o n o f any microcracks r e l a t i v e t o t h e supera l loy mic ros t ruc ture . a c i d etches, o p t i c a l microscopy. and scanning e l e c t r o n microscopy were used t o e v a l u a t e t h e f i n l s h e d sur face o f t h e ground super- a l l o y specimen.

Under ac tua l p r o d u c t i o n cond i t ions , i f a c rack g r e a t e r t h a n 0.38mm i n l e n g t h i s de tec ted v i a FPI techniques, t h e p a r t i s considered d e f e c t i v e . t h i s study lead t o a w ider g r i n d i n g c rack s e v e r i t y range than normal, and as such t h e standard b i n a r y (i.e., good/bad) p ro- d u c t i o n acceptance c r i t e r i o n was expanded. An a r b i t r a r y rank ing scale, rang ing f r o m 1 t o 10, was u t i l i z e d t o b e t t e r d i s t i n g u i s h between t h e s e v e r i t y of t h e de fec ts and the c o n d i t i o n s which produced them. A r a n k i n g o f 1 was assigned when t h e ground sur face d isp layed no s igns o f any defects. assigned when l i n e a r sur face i n d i c a t i o n s having a l e n g t h o f 0 . 3 b s t a r t e d t o appear ( i . e . , t h e t h r e s h o l d f o r p r o d u c t i o n r e j e c t i o n ) . very severe c rack ing (many cracks over 0 . 3 8 n i n l e n g t h ) . The remaining rankings were assigned by d i r e c t s ide-by-side

To increase t h e l i k e l i h o o d o f generat-

A t t h e conc lus ion o f each g r i n d i n g t e s t ,

Fluorescent dye penetrants, Molybdic

However, t h e use o f t h e harder wheels i n

A rank ing o f 5 was

A rank o f 10 was assigned when t h e sur face d isp layed

comparison o f t h e ground specimen surfaces. l a b o r a t o r y supera l loy specimens were analyzed through t h e use o f X-ray d i f f r a c t i o n techniques t o i d e n t i f y t h e corresponding sur face r e s i d u a l stresses.

The s u p e r a l l o y g r i n d i n g temperature p r o f i l e was developed u s i n g ANSYS, a la rge-sca le , general-purpose f i n i t e element model ing program. Rev is ion 4.1 and 4.2 o f t h e program were u t i l i z e d on a OEC VAX 11/780 and VAX 8600, r e s p e c t i v e l y . The b a s i c FEA model cons is ted o f a nov ing band heat source hav ing un i fo rm i n t e n s i t y . Inputs t o t h e program i n c l u d e d temperature dependent thermal and mechanical m a t e r i a l p r o p e r t i e s , convec t ive c o o l l n g , con tac t l e n g t h cons idera t ions , and g r i n d i n g c o n d i t i o n s which caused surface damage d u r l n g t h e l a b o r a t o r y exper imentat ion. Tempera- t u r e dependent m a t e r i a l p r o p e r t y data was u t i l i z e d from C8.14.23. 27,351.

A two-dimensional g r i d was cons t ruc ted u s i n g ANSYS STIF55 thermal elements. T h i s element has f o u r nodes and s i n g l e degree o f freedom, temperature, a t each node and i s a p p l i c a b l e f o r use i n a two-dimensional , s teady-s ta te o r t r a n s i e n t thermal ana lys is . Another key f e a t u r e o f t h e element i s t h a t i t can be d i r e c t l y rep laced w i t h an e q u i v a l e n t s t r u c t u r a l element (STIF42) f o r use i n a subsequent s t r e s s ana lys is . A f t e r a few i n i t i a l at tempts, an element s i z e o f 0.254mm square was chosen f o r use i n t h e area under t h e band source. Element s i z e was se lec ted based upon s o l u t i o n accuracy and computing t ime t r a d e o f f s . The heat source was "stepped" through a d i s t a n c e o f t h r e e band widths a t a r a t e e q u i v a l e n t t o t h e workpiece v e l o c i t y . s ides, except t h e upper surface, were f i x e d and i n s u l a t e d .

A n o n l i n e a r e l a s t i c / p l a s t i c FEA s tudy was conducted t o determine t h e e f f e c t s o f un load ing upon c o o l i n g and t o develop t h e r e s u l t - i n g r e s i d u a l s t r e s s d i s t r i b u t i o n s under t h r e s h o l d g r i n d i n g damage c o n d i t i o n s . As t h e workpiece cooled. t h e m a t e r i a l was e l a s t i c - a l l y unloaded through a maximum s t r e s s range equal t o t w i c e t h e y i e l d s t r e s s . I n t h i s fash ion , t h e r e s i d u a l s t r e s s f i e l d cou ld a l s o be pred ic ted . The workpiece m a t e r i a l was modeled u s i n g c l a s s i c a l b i l i n e a r k inemat ic hardening C131 behavior w i t h mater- i a l da ta f o r f i v e temperatures. With t h i s assumption, ANSYS can accept temperature dependent y i e l d p o i n t s o c c u r r i n g a t var ious l e v e l s o f s t r a i n . Required m a t e r i a l data a t i n t e r m e d i a t e tenper - a tu res was determined by ANSYS through l i n e a r i n t e r p o l a t i o n . Y i e l d i n g was based upon t h e Yon Mises y i e l d c r i t e r i o n . Since t h e developed temperature d i s t r i b u t i o n i s extremely sha l low compared t o t h e b u l k o f t h e workpiece, a c o n d i t i o n o f p lane s t r a i n was assumed f o r a l l o f t h e s t r e s s analyses.

3.0 MATERIAL and SURFACE INTEGRITY CONSIOERATIONS

I n genera l , supera l loy m a t e r i a l s must m a i n t a i n h i g h s t r e n g t h l e v e l s a t e leva ted o p e r a t i n g temperatures. s t r e n g t h a t e levated temperature, t h e m a t e r i a l s must a l s o e x h i b i t good r e s i s t a n c e t o o x i d a t i o n and h o t cor ros ion . Adequate d u c t i l - i t y t o t o l e r a t e creep deformat ion and enhance low-cyc le f a t i g u e behavior i s a1 s o requ i red . Furthermore, good impact s t rength , c a s t a b i l i t y , low d e n s i t y , and m i c r o s t r u c t u r a l s t a b i l i t y p rov ide obvious advantages. Low thermal expansion and h i g h thermal c o n d u c t i v i t y a r e d e s i r a b l e t o minimize t h e e f f e c t s o f thermal stresses. Unfor tunate ly , t h e thermal c o n d u c t i v i t y o f many super- a l l o y s i s o n l y 10% - 30% t h a t o f steel . Moreover, t h e thermal behav io ra l p r o p e r t i e s o f Rene-77 can vary s i g n i f i c a n t l y w i t h temperature. Both the thermal c o n d u c t i v i t y and s p e c i f i c heat inc rease w i t h temperature w h i l e t h e thermal d i f f u s i v i t y tends t o peak a t approximately 787'C.

An i n i t i a l bench t e s t was conducted t o c o r r e l a t e crack l o c a t i o n s developed under r a p i d h e a t i n g and c o o l i n g w i t h those observed i n abusive superal l o y g r i n d i n g experiments. Several Rene-77 and 8-1900 specimens were instrumented w i t h a microthermocouple b u r i e d t o w i t h i n 0.3&rm from t h e surface. Then, us ing an oxyace- t y l e n e t o r c h . the t e s t specimen sur face was r a p i d l y heated t o approx imate ly 1093'C f o l l o w e d by a r a p i d quench i n a bath o f room temperature g r i n d i n g f l u i d . The t e s t was repeated us ing a maxi- mum measured temperature o f 787'C. The sur faces o f a l l specimens

Subsequently. t h e

It was assumed t h a t a l l

Aside from h i g h

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were subsequently examined u s i n g o p t i c a l and scanning e l e c t r o n microscopy. Using t h e 1093'C t e s t cond i t ions , microcracks were developed a t t h e g r a i n boundaries and assumed a s i m i l a r , b u t more severe, appearance t o those observed under abusive g r i n d i n g cond i t ions . The Rene-77 cracks developed under t h e 787'C maximum temperature t e s t cond i t ions , on the o ther hand. were q u i t e l i n e a r , very sha l low and e x i s t e d o n l y a t t h e gama/gamna pr ime in te r faces . T h i s evidence tends t o agree w i t h s t r e s s r u p t u r e data and emphasizes t h a t t h e i n t e r g r a n u l a r cracks observed under abusive g r i n d i n g c o n d i t i o n s are generated a t e leva ted tempera- tures.

The s i m i l a r i t i e s i d e n t i f i e d between t h e m i c r o f i ssures ( g r a i n boundary c racks) developpd under abusive g r i n d i n g c o n d i t i o n s and those generated through the use t h e above heatlquench t e s t man- da te f u r t h e r d iscuss ion . I t must be r e a l i z e d t h a t i n each case the workpiece was sub jec ted t o h i g h temperatures and r a p i d h e a t i n g and coo l ing . Under such r a p i d heat ing and coo l ing , t h e m a t e r i a l behavior i s cons iderab ly d i f f e r e n t f rom t h a t developed under slow s teady-s ta te heat ing. As i n d i c a t e d i n C11,14,15,17, 28,30.35,37,381 r a p i d o r non-equ i l ib r ium heat ing can induce l o c a l i z e d m e l t i n g i n t h e supera l loy , known as c o n s t i t u t i o n a l l i q u a t i o n , p r i o r t o ac tua l b u l k m e l t i n g o f t h e m a t e r i a l .

To generate performance data necessary f o r understanding super- a l l o y behavior under such r a p i d h e a t i n g and coo l ing , welding researchers developed s p e c i a l i z e d t e s t s [8,17] capable o f estab- l i s h i n g u l t i m a t e s t r e n g t h and d u c t i l i t y da ta u s i n g heat ing o r c o o l i n g r a t e s up t o 5538'C/sec. O f t h e a v a i l a b l e h o t d u c t i l i t y data, the l a r g e s t percentage was generated on a Gleeble t e s t machine [8] us ing supera l loys t h a t a r e commonly welded. F igure 1 schemat ica l l y i l l u s t r a t e s t y p i c a l s u p e r a l l o y h o t d u c t i l i t y da ta es tab l i shed on such a machine. It has been g e n e r a l l y shown tha t , i n c r a c k - s e n s i t i v e a l loys , the g r a i n boundar ies o r i n t e r d e n d r i t i c regions may s t a r t t o l i q u a t e upon r a p i d heat ing , forming f i l m s and a r a p i d l o s s o f d u c t i l i t y . S l i g h t a d d i t i o n a l heat ing beyond t h e onset o f t h i s l i q u a t i o n can d r a m a t i c a l l y reduce t h e d u c t i l i t y upon c o o l i n g [8,2B,30,35,37,38]. As F i g u r e 1 i n d i c a t e s , a 2Z'C increase beyond 1150'C r e s u l t s i n a very l a r g e n i l d u c t i l i t y reg ion [ d e l t a TNDT] upon coo l ing . Note t h a t some extremely crack s e n s i t i v e a l l o y s can exper ience an a d d i t i o n a l l o s s i n d u c t i l i t y as the a l l o y c o o l s down through t h e i n i t i a l d u c t i l i t y r e d u c t i o n reg ion C351. i n d i c a t e t h a t Rene-77 behaves i n a fash ion comparable t o t h a t presented i n t h e upper p o r t i o n o f F ig . 1. Consequently, peak g r i n d i n g temperatures c l o s e t o 1149'C c o u l d induce c o n s t i t u t i o n a l l i q u a t i o n and g r i n d i n g cracks.

Hot d u c t i l i t y da ta presented i n C8.27.301 tends t o

t -HEATING

-- I I '

TMELT

1 \ \

1 I - A T ~ ~ - = ~ 788

TEMPERANRE (OC)

Typ ica l Hot D u c t i l i t y Curves f o r Cast N i c k e l -Based Supera l loys .

Very Crack S e n s i t i v e A l l o y I n d i c a t i n g Add i t io f la l D u c t i l i t y Loss on Cool ing a t ?80 .

It was i n t e r e s t i n g t o no te t h a t t h e c h i p s generated d u r i n g non- abusive g r i n d i n g tended t o resemble ac tua l m i l l i n g c h i p s o r s t e e l wool. Po l i shed and etched lOOOx cross sec t ions taken t h r o u g h t h e non-abusive c h i p s showed ex is tence o f t h e gamma prime phase. The abus ive ly produced c h i p s , on the o t h e r hand, always appeared h i g h l y d i s t o r t e d and e x h i b i t e d very l i t t l e evidence o f t h e gamma pr ime phase i n t h e lOOOx cross sect ions. As given i n C351, t h e s o l u t i o n temperature f o r these a l l o y s i s approximately 1162- 1191'C. produced ch ips showed l i t t l e evidence o f gamma prime, t h e c h i p i t s e l f probably reached t h e s o l u t i o n temperature. R e a l i z i n g t h a t t h e maximum sur face temperature i s lower than t h e c h i p tempera- t u r e C5,6,18,191, i t appears u n l i k e l y t h a t sur face temperatures much beyond 1162'C should have been achieved, e s p e c i a l l y under i i i a rg ina l l y abusive g r i n d i n g cond i t ions . For t h e case o f fe r rous a l l o y g r i n d i n g c201, c h i p examinat ion can be mis lead ing because smal l , h o t ch ips may undergo a r a p i d exothermic r e a c t i o n ( b u r n ) r e s u l t i n g i n a shape o r s t r u c t u r a l change. However, s i n c e t h e h igh temperature o x i d a t i o n r e s i s t a n c e o f supera l loys i s f a r super io r t o s t e e l s , t h e p r o b a b i l i t y o f c h i p i g n i t i o n i s reduced. Fur ther , on the e x p l o s i b i l i t y index f o r powdered metals c121, n i c k e l i s f a r lower than i r o n , a l s o c o n f i r m i n g t h e reduced l i k e l i h o o d o f burning. Thus, it i s f e l t t h a t va luab le in fo rma- t i o n i s a v a i l a b l e f rom t h e supera l loy g r i n d i n g chips.

Based upon the combined r e s u l t s o f t h e abusive g r i n d i n g t e s t s , c h i p morphology s tud ies , r a p i d heat/quench bench t e s t s , and Gleeble h o t d u c t i l i t y da ta presented above, i t appears as i f t h e abusive g r i n d i n g zone temperature t h r e s h o l d should be i n t h e v i c i n i t y o f 1037-1149'C f o r Rene-77.

Since t h e c ross sec t ions taken through t h e a b u s i v e l y

4.0 FINITE ELEMENT TEMPERATURE CALCULATIONS

To c a l c u l a t e t h e g r i n d i n g temperature p r o f i l e developed i n t h e workpiece, the p o r t i o n of t h e g r i n d i n g energy which a c t u a l l y heats the workpiece (U study i t was assumed tW8fkthe g r i n d i n g energy cou ld be p a r t i - t i o n e d [14,18-22] i n t h e form:

) must f i r s t be determined. For t h i s

' t o t a l ' s l ide "chip ' 'plow

where t h e p o r t i o n o f the s p e c i f i c g r i n d i n g energy e n t e r i n g t h e workpiece, Uw k , was i n i t i a l l y based upon r e s u l t s ob ta ined i n [18,20,22]. 96 these works, v i r t u a l l y a l l o f t h e s l i d i n g and plowing energy were considered t o e n t e r t h e workpiece as h e a t , w h i l e about 45% o f t h e c h i p fo rmat ion energy was c a r r i e d away w i t h the chips. Thus,

uwork = ' t o t a l - m45uchip

Utotal = FtVs/bQw' where;

Assuming t h a t approximately 45% of t h e s p e c i f i c c h i p f o r m a t i o n energy i s c a r r i e d o f f w i t h t h e chip, t h e balance o f t h e g r i n d i n g energy ( U ) was then u t i l i z e d i n t h e f i n i t e element c a l c u l a - t i o n s . S!g%quently, u s i n g h igh temperature supera l loy thermal p r o p e r t i e s and t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p s determined by Boothroyd C Z l and Dawson C41, t h e f r a c t i o n of g r i n d i n g energy e n t e r i n g t h e work- p iece was reca lcu la ted . o f t h e c h i p format ion energy can be c a r r i e d away w i t h t h e ch ip . Or, a l t e r n a t i v e l y s ta ted :

This approach showed t h a t as much as 94%

'work = ' to ta l - '94uchip I t i s f e l t t h a t t h e increased energy c a r r i e d away w i t h t h e c h i p i s p r i m a r i l y due t o t h e increased ch ip / rake face f r i c t i o n a l i n t e r a c t i o n s and t h e poor thermal d i f f u s i v i t y o f supera l loys compared t o s tee l . Assuming t h a t 100% o f t h e energy developed from t h e ch ip / rake face f r i c t i o n a l i n t e r a c t i o n i s c a r r i e d away w i t h t h e c h i p , a l a r g e p o r t i o n (approx imate ly 85%) o f t h e energy developed i n t h e pr imary shear p lane s t i l l goes o f f w i t h t h e c h i p owing t o t h e low thermal d i f f u s i v i t y . Consequently, a l l o f t h e f o l l o w i n g analyses w i l l be conducted u s i n g 94% as t h e amount o f Uchip c a r r i e d o f f w i t h t h e ch ip .

The c h i p fo rmat ion energy was then determined using an energy p a r t i t i o n approach C14.18-221. Wi th t h i s approach, t h e c h i p fo rmat ion energy, U , was then found t o be 1.6. J/m3 u s i n g t h e 32A 46H 8VBE whsbi! w h i l e with t h e 53A 801 8VjN wheel, t h e c h i p fo rmat ion energy was i d e n t i f i e d as 24.2 J/m , o r a p p r o x i - mately 1.75 t imes g r e a t e r than expected from t h e approx imat ion based upon en tha lpy cons idera t ions C3.18.211. For t h e purposes o f th is3paper a l l c a l c u l a t i o n s were conducted us ing a Uchip o f 24.2 J/m . A s s t a t e d p r e v i o u s l y , t h e f i n i t e element approach was u t i l i z e d i n t h i s i n v e s t i g a t i o n so t h a t t h e combined e f f e c t s o f temperature dependent m a t e r i a l p r o p e r t i e s and convec t ive c o o l i n g c o u l d be simultaneously considered. Unfor tunate ly , de termina t ion o f t h e ac tua l convec t ive f i l m c o e f f i c i e n t and g r i n d i n g arc l e n g t h o f con tac t i s an extremely d i f f i c u l t task. Therefore, t o i d e n t i f y an upper bound f o r t h e convec t ive f i l m c o e f f i c i e n t s , i n i t i a l a t t e n t i o n was focused on de termin ing t h c magnitude o f convec t ive c o o l i n g necessary t o achieve rea l i s t i c maximum sur face tempera- t u r e s w h i l e assuming a contac t l e n g t h equal t o t h e geometr ic contac t leng th . Under these cond i t ions , a convect ive f i l m

FIGURE .1

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c o e f f i c i e n t g r e a t e r than 68100 J/m'-sec-'K was requ i red i n t h e FEA analyses t o c o n f i n e t h e maximum sur face temperature below 1149'C.

I n [33] Sauer t r i e d t o determine t h e maximum hc a v a i l a b l e f rom several g r i n d i n g f l u i d s . H is r e s u l t s , based upon t e s t s conducted ou ts ide t h e work zone, i n d i c a t e d t h a t hc values up t o 9420 J/m'- fec-'K might be obtained. A p o s s i b l e maximum o f 17025 J/m'-sec-

Oesruisseaux [5] i n d i c a t e d t h a t convec t ive heat t r a n s f e r coef- f i c i e n t s up t o hc = 50000 J/m'-sec-'K cou ld p o s s i b l y occur, bu t would be d i f f i c u l t t o o b t a i n under " p r a c t i c a l " g r i n d i n g pro- cesses.

Several rcscarchcrs [1,7,10,29,32,34,40] have suggested t h a t t h e creep feed o r f u l l depth g r i n d i n g process i s l i m i t e d by a burn- o u t heat f l u x , o r t h e maximum heat f l u x which can be convected away by t h e coo lan t . The burn-out heat f l u x , being comparable t o t h a t observed i n t h e burn-out o f heat exchangers, reaches a maximum a t t h e peak o f t h e nuc lea te b o i l i n g regime. However, even though b o i l i n g i s one o f t h e most comnon heat t r a n s f e r phenomena, i t i s a l s o one o f t h e most perp lex ing . The pub l ished l i t e r a t u r e on b o i l i n g approaches 2000 papers. With t h i s i n mind, d i f f i c u l t i e s assoc ia ted w i t h i d e n t i f i c a t i o n o f t h e g r i n d i n g zone hc become i n c r e a s i n g l y apparent. Nevertheless, assuming pool b o i l i n g f o r water on a c lean metal surface, a maximum repor ted convect ive heat t r a n s f e r c o e f f i c i e n t o f 40000 J/m'-sec-'K can occur i n t h e nuc lea te b o i l i n g regime C391.

I n l i g h t o f t h e above d iscuss ions , i t appears r e a l i s t i c t h a t g r i n d i n g zone convec t ive heat t r a n s f e r c o e f f i c i e n t s on t h e order o f 40000 J/m'-sec-'K cou ld e x i s t under c o n d i t i o n s o f nuc lea te b o i l i n g . However, r e c a l l f rom t h e prev ious FEA analyses t h a t f i l m c o e f f i c i e n t s l a r g e r than 68100 J/m'-sec-'K would be requ i red t o achieve r e a l i s t i c g r i n d i n g zone temperatures under abusive g r i n d i n g cond i t ions . convect ive heat t r a n s f e r c o e f f i c i e n t s a r e generated i n t h e g r i n d - i n g zone o r t h a t t h e ac tua l con tac t l e n g t h i s f a r g r e a t e r than t h e geometric contac t leng th .

I n an at tempt t o b racket t h e e f f e c t s o f increased contac t l e n g t h alone, t h e above analyses were then repeated w h i l e assuming no convec t ive coo l ing . Ma in ta in ing a cons tan t t o t a l power i n p u t o f 8683 J/sec, t h e u n i t heat f l u x was reduced accord ing ly as t h e contac t l e n g t h was increased. Using t h e geometric contac t l e n g t h (lc=2.54mn), a maximum sur face temperature o f 1659'C was ca lcu- l a t e d . By doub l ing t h e contac t l e n g t h (lc=5.Omn), t h e maximum sur face temperature was reduced t o 1368'C. t imes the geometr ic c o n t a c t l e n g t h (lc=7.62mn), t h e c a l c u l a t e d maximum sur face temperature reached 121O'C (see Fig. 2).

K was a l l u d e d t o , however, f o r some water-based coolants.

Th is tends t o imp ly t h a t e i t h e r l a r g e r

F i n a l l y , a t t h r e e

TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION( 'C)

R ENE - 7 7, vy =. I 5 2 0 m / s . c , I = 7.62 m m, 0 = 4 4 .85 J / s e c -m m2

Ab .254mm TEMPERATURE RANGE KEY:

MX= IZIO'C MN= 20.9'C

@ 170.6 0 2;::; @ 1078.3

8 ;:;:; 0 @ 1210

The above a n a l y s i s i n d i c a t e s t h a t , i n o rder t o achieve r e a l i s t i c supera l loy g r i n d i n g zone temperatures, w h i l e n e g l e c t i n g convec- t i v e c o o l i n g w i t h i n t h e wheel/workpiece i n t e r f a c e , t h e a c t u a l con tac t l e n g t h would have t o be over t h r e e t imes as l a r g e as t h e geometric contac t l e n g t h under t h i s p a r t i c u l a r se t o f g r i n d i n g cond i t ions .

To add a d d i t i o n a l complex i ty t o t h e problem, t h e d i f f i c u l t y assoc ia ted w i t h t h e development o f accura te m a t e r i a l da ta should be emphasized. Using abusive g r i n d i n g c o n d i t i o n s i d e n t i f i e d a t .1524 m/sec as i n p u t t o t h e FEA program t h e sur face temperature developed a t a node was p l o t t e d as a f u n c t i o n o f t ime. quent ly , t h e p l o t was d i f f e r e n t i a t e d w i t h respec t t o t i m e t o o b t a i n t h e sur face h e a t i n g and c o o l i n g ra tes . Depending upon t h e maximm temperature and convect ive f i l m c o e f f i c i e n t , t h e h e a t i n g r a t e s ranged from 120,000 -200.000'C/sec, w h i l e t h e c o o l i n g r a t e s were between 56,000 -111,111'C/sec. Unfor tunate ly , even u t i l i z - i n g t h e s p e c i a l i z e d Gleeble t e s t r i g developed f o r s u p e r a l l o y welding s imu la t ion , a maximum heat ing o r c o o l i n g r a t e o f o n l y 5600'C/sec i s t y p i c a l l y obtained. What must be r e a l i z e d i n a l l o f these cases i s t h a t t h e heat ing and c o o l i n g r a t e s a r e ex- t remely r a p i d and, as such, f r u s t r a t e at tempts t o a c c u r a t e l y p r e d i c t superal l o y g r i n d i n g performance based upon s tandard m a t e r i a l t e s t i n g procedures.

Subse-

6.0 FINITE ELEMENT STRESS CALCULATIONS

The r e s u l t s o f t h e non l inear FEA s t u d i e s conducted i n t h i s inves- t i g a t i o n are summarized i n Table 1. The i n i t i a l n o n l i n e a r ana ly - s i s (model 1) was conducted us ing abusive g r i n d i n g c o n d i t i o n s (rank 7+) as i n p u t . Th is model used a heat f l u x o f 44.85 J/mm'- sec w i t h a contac t l e n g t h equal t o t h r e e t imes the geometr ic contac t l e n g t h and convect ive c o o l i n g o f hc = 4500 J/m'-sec-'K o u t s i d e t h e heat source were used. As shown i n Table 1 and F igure 2, t h e maximum sur face temperature reached 121O'C under these rank 7+ abusive g r i n d i n g c o n d i t i o n s . s u l t i n g Sx s t r e s s p r o f i l e (see Fig. 3) shows t h a t a maximum r e s i d u a l t e n s i l e s t r e s s o f 815 MPa e x i s t s on t h e surface, and as Fig. 2 shows, t h e model has cooled down t o approximately 260'C a t t h i s p o i n t . Note t h a t t h e maximum compressive s t r e s s o f 763 MPa i s developed a t t h e l e a d i n g edge o f t h e heat source. T h i s ana ly - s i s a l s o showed t h a t t h e Sz s t r e s s d i s t r i b u t i o n (normal t o t h e heat band mot ion) i s very s i m i l a r t o t h e Sx d i s t r i b u t i o n , except t h a t t h e r e s i d u a l s t resses were s l i g h t l y l a r g e r owing t o t h e p l a i n s t r a i n assumption.

It i s i n t e r e s t i n g t o no te t h a t cons iderab le v e r t i c a l s u r f a c e displacements can a r i s e f rom l o c a l i z e d thermal expansion. The prev ious ANSYS p l o t s (Figs. 2 1 3) schemat ica l l y i l l u s t r a t e d

A p l o t o f t h e re -

TABLE 1

COMPARISON OF NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT RESIDUAL STRESS ANALYSES

MODEL NUMBER

1

2

3

4

5

6

WORKPIECE VELOCITY

CONTACT UNIT HEAT LENGTH FLUX (mm)

.1524 7.62 44.85

(J/mm * - sec )

.1524 7.62 27.8

.1524 2.54 73.6

.1524 2.54 134.6

.1524 2.54 73.6

.0508 2.54 40.9

MOOEL NUMBER

MAXlMUM MAX. SURFACE MAX. RESIDUAL TEMPERATURE DISPLACEMENT STRESS, SxR

( 'C) (mn) (MPa)

1 1210 .02616 815

2 861 .01422 80 7

3 1132 .01338 821

4 1116 .01303 865

5 1132 .02288 82 1

6 1119 .03175 670 FIGURE 2

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STRESS DISTRIBUTION(Sx) SURFACE DISPLACEMENT(Uy 1

RE N E - 7 7, v W . I 52 O m / 8 a 5 . I = 7.62 m m , 0 = 4 4 . 85 J / (I e c - mrnz RENE-77. vw = . I 5 2 0 m / ~ mc , Ic -7.62mm. O = 4 4.85 J / s c - mmz

1- UNIFORM

0

I 1 !;.-. , ., .. .. , .. . -. - . . . : .. ,' .-.I.. .. . .. :. ,. .. . , . . .

,254mm dk .254mm

VERTICAL NODAL DISPLACEMENT RANGE KEY:

MX= .02616mm MN= -.00034mm

STRESS RANGE KEY:

MX- 815.05 MPa MN= -763.42 MPo

@.00228 @ .02362

0 . 0 2 6 1 6

@ -588.047 @ -61.88 113.508

@ 639.675

B -412.658 @ 288.897 @ 815.05 -237.269 464.224

FIGURE 3 FIGURE 4

these e f f e c t s . The ac tua l sur face displacements (Uy) c a l c u l a t e d by t h e FEA program a r e g i v e n i n F i g u r e 4. A mximum sur face displacement o f 0.029mn was determined near t h e t r a i l i n g edge o f t h e moving band heat source. Obviously, f rom t h e s tandpo in t o f producing p r e c i s i o n ground supera l loy components, l o c a l i z e d sur face s w e l l i n g can promote d i s t o r t e d f i n i s h e d surfaces o r excessive s tock removal. Unfor tunate ly , t h i s sur face s w e l l i n g a lso compl icates c a l c u l a t i o n o f t h e ac tua l con tac t l e n g t h and t h e e f f e c t i v e depth o f c u t used f o r a n a l y t i c a l l y model ing conven- t i o n a l supera l loy g r i n d i n g behavior.

A s i m i l a r non l inear s t r e s s a n a l y s i s was then conducted u s i n g a comparable se t o f c o n d i t i o n s bu t w i t h a reduced heat f l u x input (model 2: 27.8 J/mm'-sec). This a n a l y s i s s imulates Rene-77 g r i n d i n g c o n d i t i o n s i d e n t i f i e d i n t h e l a b o r a t o r y as be ing non- abusive f rom a c r a c k i n g s tandpo in t ( rank 1). a n a l y s i s a r e summarized i n Table 1. Under these nonabusive g r i n d i n g cond i t ions . a maximum sur face temperature o f o n l y 861'C was ca lcu la ted . Note, however, t h a t t h e r e s i d u a l Sx s t resses reached 807 MPa. I n o ther words, t h e r e s i d u a l stresses developed under nonabusive g r i n d i n g c o n d i t i o n s ( rank 1) were w i t h i n 1% o f those developed under abusive c o n d i t i o n s '(rank 7+ c rack ing) . This r a t h e r s u r p r i s i n g r e s u l t r e q u i r e s f u r t h e r discussion.

Since t h e r e s i d u a l s t resses i d e n t i f i e d above f o r t h e abusive and nonabusive g r i n d i n g c o n d i t i o n s a r e e s s e n t i a l l y i d e n t i c a l , i t appears t h a t Rene-77 sur face microcracks are probably n o t formed p u r e l y by t h e r e s i d u a l stresses. It i s be l ieved t h a t t h e deve l - opment o f microcracks d u r i n g the convent ional g r i n d i n g o f Rene-77 must a l s o be due t o t h e c o n s t i t u t i o n a l l i q u a t i o n phenomena d i s - cussed i n Sec t ion 3.0. Recal l t h a t r a p i d h e a t i n g t o temperatures near 1150'C can induce l o c a l i z e d m e l t i n g o f t h e g r a i n boundaries and a dramat ic l o s s i n d u c t i l i t y upon c o o l i n g (see Fig. 1). The n e t r e s u l t i s t h e fo rmat ion o f g r a i n boundary microcracks. as conf i rmed by m e t a l l u r g i c a l analyses. A l t e r n a t i v e l y s ta ted , h i g h s t resses upon c o o l i n g through a reduced s t r e n g t h o r d u c t i l i t y r e g i o n c o u l d enhance t h e occurrence o f microcracking.

To f u r t h e r c o n f i r m these observat ions, t h e Rene-77 specimens, used t o generate t h e g r i n d i n g da ta f o r t h e above models, were then analyzed u s i n g X-ray d i f f r a c t i o n (XRD). techn ique r e a d i l y lends i t s e l f t o t h e i d e n t i f i c a t i o n o f res idua l s t resses developed under machining opera t ions [9,16,311. should be noted, however, t h a t the technique i s best s u i t e d f o r f i n e gra ined m a t e r i a l s . The r e s u l t s o f t h e a n a l y s i s showed t h a t ho th the cracked and uncracked specimens d isp layed n e a r l y iden- t i c a l r e s i d u a l t e n s i l e s t r e s s o f 1124 MPa on the sur face i n t h e l o n g i t u d i n a l o r X d i r e c t i o n . Al though t h e magnitude of t h e measured r e s i d u a l sur face s t r e s s i s l a r g e r t h a n t h a t p r e d i c t e d by

The r e s u l t s o f t h i s

I n general , t h e XRD

I t

t h e FEA ana lys is , i n b o t h cases t h e abusive and nonabus ive ly ground specimens d i s p l a y e d n e a r l y i d e n t i c a l r e s i d u a l s t r e s s l e v e l s .

Attempts t o i d e n t i f y r e s i d u a l s t r e s s l e v e l s below t h e sur face were f a i r l y successful t o depths l e s s than 0.02mm. However, a t depths beyond O.O2m, t h e m a t e r i a l was e s s e n t i a l l y i n i t s o r i g i n a l l a r g e g r a i n c a s t i n g c o n d i t i o n ; thereby, p r e v e n t i n g r e s i d u a l s t r e s s measurement by XRD. The absence o f numerous d i f f r a c t i n g gra ins , r e s u l t i n g from t h e l a r g e c r y s t a l l i n e s t r u c t u r e , p roh i b i t s t h e fo rmat ion o f s u f f i c i e n t l y i n t e n s e d i f f r a c t i o n peaks C311. 0 . 0 l m and 0.02mm below t h e sur face the r e s i d u a l s t resses i n t h e l o n g i t u d i n a l d i r e c t i o n were approximately +745 MPa. These measurements, taken nearer t o t h e convent iona l l a r g e c r y s t a l l i n e g r a i n s t r u c t u r e , a r e i n cons iderab ly good agreement w i t h those i d e n t i f i e d through use o f t h e n o n l i n e a r FEA analysis.

Several a d d i t i o n a l n o n l i n e a r FEA s tud ies , b r i e f l y summarized i n Table 1, were conducted t o examine t h e impact o f con tac t l e n g t h and convec t ive c o o l i n g c o e f f i c i e n t s . surface t r a c t i o n s and reduced heat source v e l o c i t y were a l s o s t u d i e d . Using a contac t l e n g t h equal t o t h e geometric contac t l e n g t h (model 3), t h e t o t a l heat i n p u t was reduced un t i l a maximum temperature o f 1132'C was developed. I n t h i s model, t h e e f f e c t s o f h i g h convec t ive c o o l i n g under t h e heat source were s imulated. Under these cond i t ions , a maximm r e s i d u a l t e n s i l e s t r e s s o f 821 MPa was c a l c u l a t e d i n t h e l o n g i t u d i n a l d i r e c t i o n . Th is s t ress , and t h e m g n i t u d e o f remaining s t resses , were very s i m i l a r t o those developed i n model 1. Thus, u s i n g t h e geometr ic c o n t a c t l e n g t h w i t h a reduced t o t a l heat i n p u t , which i s i n d i c a t i v e o f h i g h convec t ive c o o l i n g i n t h e contac t area, t h e magnitude o f t h e r e s u l t i n g s t resses a r e very s i m i l a r t o those ob ta ined assuming an increased contac t l e n g t h and n o a d d i t i o n a l wheel/workpiece i n t e r - face convec t ive c o o l i n g . Note, however, t h a t the reduced contac t l e n g t h d i d tend t o reduce t h e maximum sur face displacement.

The above model was t h e n mod i f ied t o i n c o r p o r a t e convec t ive c o o l i n g over t h e e n t i r e surface. Th is model (model 4) c o r r e s - ponds t o t h e maximum r e q u i r e d convec t ive c o o l i n g case discussed i n Sec t ion 4.0. Reca l l t h a t , by u s i n g t h e geometric c o n t a c t l e n g t h , convec t ive c o o l i n g o f 68,100 J/rn'-sec-'K over t h e e n t i r e surface, and abusive g r i n d i n g i n p u t data, a maximum sur face temperature o f 1116'C was ca lcu la ted . Under these c o n d i t i o n s , t h e maximum r e s i d u a l Sx sur face t e n s i l e s t r e s s (865 MPa) was w i t h i n approximately 5% o f those c a l c u l a t e d us ing t h e reduced

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heat f l u x model 3. The s l i g h t inc rease i n t e n s i l e r e s i d u a l s t r e s s i s most l i k e l y t h e r e s u l t o f t h e a d d i t i o n a l convec t ive c o o l i n g u t i l i z e d o u t s i d e t h e heat source.

To i n v e s t i g a t e p o s s i b l e e f f e c t s a r i s i n g t h e o v e r a l l mechanical g r i n d i n g loads, sur face t r a c t i o n s were added t o model 3 i n t h e heat band area. The a d d i t i o n a l normal and t a n g e n t i a l loads were comparable t o those developed under abusive g r l n d i n g c o n d i t i o n s . As the model 5 r e s u l t s i n d i c a t e , t h e a d d i t i o n a l sur face t r a c t i o n s had no apprec iab le e f f e c t on t h e r e s i d u a l Sx stress. observat ion was made by Mishra C251 us ing p r i m a r i l y cons tan t mater ia l p roper t ies . Thus, t h e r e s i d u a l s t resses developed under abusive g r i n d i n g c o n d i t i o n s a r e main ly thermal i n o r i g i n . Some- what s u r p r i s i n g l y , however, t h e maximum sur face displacement increased under t h e a d d i t i o n o f t h e sur face loads.

F i n a l l y , u s i n g model 3, t h e moving band v e l o c i t y was then reduced by a f a c t o r o f 3 ( i .e. , Vw = 0.0508 m/sec) w h i l e t h e heat source f l u x was reduced t o 40.9 J/mm'-sec. Under these model 6 cond i - t i o n s , t h e maximum sur face temperature (1118'C) was very c l o s e t o t h a t developed a t t h r e e t imes t h e heat source v e l o c i t y . Note t h a t , a l though t h e temperatures were n e a r l y i d e n t i c a l f o r models 3 and 6 , t h e peak r e s i d u a l S x t e n s i l e s t r e s s was approximately 23% greater u s i n g t h e increased heat source v e l o c i t y c o n d i t i o n s .

I n sumnary, t h e above analyses, coupled w i t h exper imental data, tended t o show t h a t comparable maximum g r i n d i n g zone temperatures may no t n e c e s s a r i l y induce comparable l e v e l s o f g r i n d i n g damage. A l t e r n a t i v e l y , i t was shown t h a t h i g h r e s i d u a l s t resses a lone may n o t cause microcracks i n superal loys. Consequently, i t i s f e l t t h a t the development o f microcracks d u r i n g t h e convent iona l g r i n d i n g o f Rene-77 must a l s o be enhanced by t h e c o n s t i t u t i o n a l l i q u a t i o n phenomena discussed i n Sec t ion 3.0 .

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