Investigation of erosion/corrosion resistance/mechanisms and heat treatment effects on themechanical and tribolo gical properties of superalloys and their coatings

Superalloys are a group of high-perfornlance alloys which are widely used for high stress, high

temperature, and severe wear and erosion/corrosion environments. Erosion and corrosion

constitute one of the most challenging problems limiting the service lifetime of superalloys.

However, due to the complexity of testing procedures and multiplicity of affecting factors as

well as the long test duration, the studies of erosion and corrosion resistance/mechanisms for

superaUoys are very limited, which significantly limit the application and improvement of these

alloys. To tlus end, the proposed research is aimed at investigating the erosion and corrosion

resistance and understanding the damage mechanisms of superalloys and their coatings in

erosion and corrosion environments. Heat treatments may modify the microstructures and thus

the properties of superalloys, as they do for carbon steels. To confirm this, the response of the

superalloy performance to heat treatments will also be investigated. The research results will

guide the application of existing superalloys and will help with the design of….

Faculty Supervisor:

Rong Liu

Student:

Partner:

Deloro Stellite Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Technology

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Accelerate

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