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In order to make up for the deficiency that the laboratory testing of standard samples cannot approximately simulate the turbine blade geometry and service environment, the creep experiment of the nickel-based single crystal superalloy NiAlReRu components with film cooling holes (FCHs) is carried out under the coupling high-speed rotating and high temperature condition. The component with the FCHs exposed to the coupling high-speed rotating of 20000 rpm and high temperature of 1000 ℃ continuously lasts 255.92 h until it breaks. The microstructural evolution and fracture process are analyzed. The results indicate that the existence of the FCHs evidently changes the stress distribution of the region with the FCHs, which makes the microstructural evolution of γ′ phase significantly different. The component is fractured along the second row of the FCHs and the normal direction of the fracture surface is basically parallel to the centrifugal force direction. The fracture process can be divided into three typical stages. The coupling effect of temperature and stress on the failure mechanism is discussed. • The failure mechanism of NiAlReRu superalloy under high-speed rotating and high temperature was investigated. • The microscopic stress concentration induced by film cooling holes contributes to the change of rafting behavior. • Film cooling holes become the initial source of cracks and are responsible for dissociation fracture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Here, we investigate a new type of kink structure that is found at γ/γ′ interfaces in nickel-based single crystal superalloys. We studied these structures at the atomic and elemental level using aberration corrected high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM). The core of the dislocation absorbs high-Z elements (i.e., Co and Re) that adopt hexagonal arrangements, and it extrudes elements (i.e., Ni and Al) that adopt face centered cubic (fcc) structures. High-Z elements (i.e., Ta and W) and Cr, which is a low-Z element, are stabilized in body centered cubic (bcc) arrangements; Cr tends to behave like Re. High-Z elements, which migrate and adopt a hexagonal structure, induce kink formation at γ/γ′ interfaces. This process must be analyzed to fully understand the kinetics and dynamics of creep in nickel-based single crystal superalloys. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]