/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1061407
That's not true, they use nickel single crystal alloys for turbine blades because they were having problems with turbine blades that were plenty strong, but had an unfortunate tendency to elongate when placed under outward load at a high temperature for a long period of time. Technical folks call this "creep".

Eventually the blades realized their lifelong dream, caught the edges of the turbines and sent it through the fucking wood chipper. >Big mess.

Single crystals handle creep elongation much better, and they've been using those since. It's a damn shame though because they are ungodly expensive and add significantly to the cost of the turbine.