Creep
Creep
Creep
Creep Failure
Creep may be defined as
"Time-dependent permanent
deformation of a material
under constant loading at
high temperatures". Or
CREEP IS THE SLOW PLASTIC
DEFORMATION OF METALS UNDER
CONSTANT STRESSES OR UNDER
PROLONGED LOADING USUALLY
AT HIGH TEMPERATURE
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Creep strength oI a material is the highest stress that
the material can withstand Ior a speciIied length oI time
without exceeding the speciIied deIormation at a
particular temperature.
Creep-rupture strength oI a material is the highest
stress that the material can withstand Ior a speciIied
length oI time without rupture at particular
temperature.
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Example
End oI service liIe oI high
temp. components in a boiler
like superheater and reheater
tubes and headers is usually
Iailure by creep.
However, some material like
Pb, Sn, having low melting
point show creep at room
temperature.
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CREEP TEST
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Procedure
The main objective in a creep
test is to measure how a given metal or
an alloy will perIorm under constant
load, at elevated temperatures.
Specimens Ior creep tests are usually the same as
Ior conventional test.
Strain indicator is attached to measure the
elongation.
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The specimen is subjected to constant loading or a
constant stress through a system oI dead weights
and levers etc.
A tubular, electrically heated Iurnace is made to Iit
around the specimen. Elongated ends oI the
specimen may have a thermocouple in each ends
Ior temperature measurement.
Stress, strain, temperature and time are noted
down and graph is plotted.
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A typical creep behavior is presented
in the diagram:
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STAGES OF CREEP
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Classical creep curve
Z- Time-dependenf deformofion: creep
foiIure (7)
ferfiory creep
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primory creep
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Andrade's analysis of the competing processes
Which determine the creep curve
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ANDRADE EQUATION
Andrade Iound that the creep curve could be
represented by the Iollowing empirical
equation
e e
0
(1t
1/3
)e
(kt)
327 HC 600 HK
%
ROO
23 HC 296 HK
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Creep Example
Will Lead Products Creep at Room Temperature?
T
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327 HC 600 HK
T
ROOM
23 HC 296 HK
100 x 296 / 600 49.3 Will Creep
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How Do We Deal With Creep
?
1. Reduce the eIIect oI grain boundaries
2. Use coarse grain structure because surIace to
volume ration is smaller as compare to Iine
grain.
3. Use Single Crystals
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Stress Rupture in Single Crystals
CSX-4 & C 6 (yellow) are
Single Crystals
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How Do We Deal With Creep ?
1. Reduce the eIIect oI grain
boundaries
Use Single Crystals
2. Change Materials
3. Change Operating Conditions
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CREEP RESISTANT MATERIAL
It should have high melting point. This is because
the creep becomes signiIicant above 0.4 Tm. II the
melting point is higher, the material can be used at
higher service temperature without appreciable creep
deIormation.
It should have coarse grain structure. The grain
boundary becomes quasi-viscous at creep
temperature. Since in coarse grain structure, grain
boundary area is less, less amounts oI quasi-viscous
region is Iormed with a less tendency to Ilow,
reducing the creep deIormation.
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CREEP RESISTANT MATERIAL
It should be precipitation hardenable. It should have
Iine insoluble precipitates at the operating
temperature. The precipitates particle should not
coarsen at this temperature.
Dispersion hardening improves creep resistance. In
dispersion hardening, hard insoluble particles oI
second phase are uniIormly distributed in Iinely
divided Iorm in the metal matrix. These particles do
not allow moving the grain boundaries and hence
reduce the creep deIormation.
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CREEP RESISTANT MATERIAL
t should have high oidation
resistance ie the oide film should
follow either a logarithmic or a cubic
law of growth it improves creep
resistance
ilm thickness
time
Linear
parabolic
logarithmic
cubic law
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DESIGN CONSIDERATION
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DESIGN CONSIDERATION
Displacement-limited applications in which precise
dimensions or small clearances must be maintained
such as in turbine rotors in jet engines) (Figure 1a).
Rupture-limited applications in which precise
dimensions are not essential but Iracture must be
avoided such as in high-pressure steam tubes and
pipes (Figure 1b).
Stress-relaxation-limited applications in which an
initial tension relaxes with time such as in suspended
cables and tightened bolts (1c)