Eliminating Equiaxed Grain Defects in a Ni‐Based Single‐Crystal Blade Platform by Flattening the Liquidus Isotherm

D Szeliga - Advanced Engineering Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The article presents a mechanism for the formation of equiaxed grain defects and a new
approach to eliminate them during the directional solidification of single‐crystal CMSX‐4 …

The stray grains from fragments in the rejoined platforms of ni-based single-crystal superalloy

M Huo, C Chen, H Jian, W Yang, L Liu - Metals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nickel-based single crystal superalloy is the most important material for blade preparation.
However, some solidification defects inevitably occur during the process of preparing single …

Simulation and Experimental Investigation of a Combined Control Method for Stray Grain During Single Crystal Blade Solidification

H Zhao, K Bu, B Wang, S Mou, P Duan - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
It is of great significance to effectively prevent the stray grain defect at the edge plate of
nickel-based superalloy single crystal blades. In this study, the evolution of the mushy zone …