A creep-fatigue damage model in air environment of 2.25Cr-1Mo steel (original) (raw)

A phenomenological creep-fatigue damage model is developed using a concept of a continuum damage mechanics. The effect of an environment is included in fatigue and creep damage evolution equations instead of present explicitly as oxidation damage in damage evolution equation under creep-fatigue loading. A creep damage evolution equation is a classical Kachanov’s equation. A fatigue damage evolution equation is the classical Lemaitre’s equation with a frequency-modified term. A damage variable and creep-fatigue interaction rule are derived from a damage decomposition concepts and strain equivalent principle. The model is applied to constant-amplitude uniaxial fatigue and creep-fatigue data of 2.25Cr-1Mo steel at 550oC in an air environment. The prediction results correlate well with the experimental data within a factor of 2 ranges.

Influence of Creep Damage on the Fatigue Life of P91 Steel

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The following paper presents the results of tests on samples made of P91 steel under the conditions of simultaneously occurring fatigue and creep at a temperature of 600 °C. The load program consisted of symmetrical fatigue cycles with tensile dwell times to introduce creep. Static load (creep) was carried out by stopping the alternating load at the maximum value of the alternating stress. The tests were carried out for two load dwell times, 5 s and 30 s. A comparative analysis of the test results of fatigue load with a dwell time on each cycle confirmed that creep accompanying the variable load causes a significant reduction in sample durability. It was shown in the paper that regarding the creep influence in the linear fatigue damage summation approach, it is possible to improve the compliance of the fatigue life predictions with the experimental results.

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