A heat resistant steel, 1.25Cr-1Mo-0.25V, produced by a casting process and used in the manufacture of turbine casings, has been heat treated with a combination of thermal cycles that involve annealing, quenching and tempering in order to obtain high mechanical properties - in particular, rupture-strength at high temperatures. The Larson-Miller Parameter has been used to predict results from short-time tests (50 hours) with those obtained at longer times (3000-20000 hours). The predictions resulted in higher rupture-times. However, the current methodology can provide a rapid estimation of creep-behavior at longer times from short-time tests in order to take corrective actions during the manufacturing process.
Creep; creep-rupture time; creep-rupture strength; Larson-Miller parameter
