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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2010
Zheng Chen, Kitchener, CA;
Ovidiu Timotin, Hamilton, CA;
Zheng Chen, Kitchener, CA;
Ovidiu Timotin, Hamilton, CA;
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A method of welding a gas turbine engine substrate composed of a gamma prime precipitation strengthened nickel based superalloy, including the steps of: applying weld beads on the substrate to form a continuous layer the thickness of the weld beads; using a filler material made of a first material exhibiting comparable strength and ductility as the substrate, and a second material exhibiting greater ductility than the substrate; and creating crack propagation mitigating regions within the continuous layer by increasing the percentage of the second material in the crack propagation mitigating regions over the percentage of the second material in the remainder of the continuous layer.