CX-010809: Categorical Exclusion Determination

New Mechanistic Models of Creep-Fatigue Interactions for Gas Turbine Components CX(s) Applied: B3.6 Date: 08/07/2013 Location(s): Indiana Offices(s): National Energy Technology Laboratory

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August 7, 2013
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New Mechanistic Models of Creep-Fatigue Interactions for Gas Turbine Components
CX(s) Applied: B3.6
Date: 08/07/2013
Location(s): Indiana
Offices(s): National Energy Technology Laboratory

To develop novel prediction tools for creep-fatigue crack growth in Nickel (Ni)-based gas turbine alloys by employing irreversible cohesive zone models with a strain gradient viscoplastic continuum formulation.