Problem 2 A Fe-based alloy for high temperature was evaluated by creep tests at two different

conditions:
1. Service temperature of 1023K under 400 MPa: rupture time is 0.42 hr.
2. Service temperature of 1123K under 100 MPa: rupture time is 390 hr.
What would be the rupture time for this alloy when service temperature is 973K at 200 MPa?

Solution
Assumption; all given creep testing data obey Larson-Millers method.
The master plot between logarithms of initial stress versus Larson-Miller parameter is applicable.
Let
S = initial stress, T = service temperature, t(r) = rupture time, m = Larson-Miller parameter, C = constant
Larson-Miller parameter;
For Fe-based alloy
From data set 1:
Calculate m1 at

From data set 2:

Calculate m2 at

m = T [log (t(r)) + C]
C = 17

S1 = 400 MPa
log (S1) = log (400) = 2.60
T1 = 1023K
t(r1) = 0.42 hr.
m1 = 1023 [log (0.42) + 17]
m1 = 17005
S2 = 100 MPa
log (S2) = log (100) = 2.00
T2 = 1123K
t(r2) = 390 hr.
m2 = 1123 [log (390) + 17]
m2 = 22000

The 2 coordinates of the master plot are (log (S1), m1) and (log (S2), m2).
Assume that data on the master plot behave as a straight line, thus master plot equation can be obtain.
Master plot equation

log (S) = a (m) + b

; where

From data set 1:

log (S1) = 2.60, m1 = 17005

2.60 = a (17005) + b

From data set 2:

log (S2) = 2.00, m2 = 22000

2.00 = a (22000) + b

Solve for a & b

The master plot equation is

a = -1.20 x 10(-4),

b = 4.64

log (S) = [-1.2 x 10(-4)] (m) + 4.64

a = slope

b = constant

The Larson-Miller master plot for the Fe-based alloy

Logarithms of
initial stress log (S)
log (S) = [-1.2 x 10(-4)] (m) + 4.64

2.60

2.00

17005

22000

Larson-Miller parameter - (m)

From master plot equation, the rupture time of the alloy with service temperature of 973K under 200
MPa will be
Calculate t(r) at

From

S = 200 MPa, T = 973K

log (200) = [-1.2 x 10(-4)] (m) + 4.64
m = 19491
m = T [log (t(r)) + C]
19491 = 973 [log (t(r)) + 17]
t(r) = 1076 hr.

From the creep testing data provided, an expected rupture time using Larson-Millers method for the
Fe-based alloy with service temperature of 973K under 200 MPa is 1076 hr.
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