The energy density exhaustion method for assessing the creep-fatigue lives of specimens and components

Abstract This paper attempts to link the energies to failure involved in low-cycle fatigue at elevated temperature with those involved in forward creep. These energy levels are connected by a suitable sliding strain-rate scale. The principle is then applied to (i) dwell tests on 1CrMoV, 304 and 20Cr25Ni/Nb steels at 550, 650 and 750°C respectively and (ii) service failure of a thick-walled ferritic steam vessel at 570°C. Calculated creep-fatigue endurance using the linear damage summation rule is then plotted on Damage Diagrams. Sensitivity analyses are carried out as regards the linking of energy levels in fatigue (upper-shelf) with those in creep (lower-shelf). These involve knowledge of creep laws or stress relaxation relations and the methods of connecting energy levels (power law or those giving an S-shaped curve). Within this paper, sufficient information has been provided for investigators to undertake their own analyses on relevant laboratory tests or service assessments.

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