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Some aspects of thermomechanical fatigue of AISI 304L stainless steel: Part I. creep- fatigue damage

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Thermomechanical fatigue (TMF) tests on the austenitic stainless steel AISI 304L have been conducted under “true≓ plastic-strain control in vacuum. This report considers the damage oc-curring during TMF loading. It is shown how the temperature interval and the phasing (in-phase, out-of-phase) determine the mechanical response and the lifetime of the specimens. If creep-fatigue interaction takes place during in-phase cycling, the damage occurs inside the ma-terial, leading to intergranular cracks which reduce the lifetime considerably. Out-of-phase cy-cling inhibits creep-induced damage, and no lifetime reduction occurs, even if the material is exposed periodically to temperatures in the creep regime. A formula is proposed which allows prediction of the failure mode, depending on whether creep-fatigue damage occurs or not. At a given strain rate, the formula is able to estimate the temperature of transition between pure fatigue and creep-fatigue damage.

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  1. Babcock Rohrleitungsbau Gmbh, Oberhausen, Germany

    R. Zauter (development engeneer)

  2. Institute for Materials Technology, University of Siengen, Siengen, Germany

    H. J. Christ (professor)

  3. Institute for materials science, Lehrstuhl I, University of Erlangen-urnberg, Erlangen, Germany

    H. Mughrabi (professor)

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Zauter, R., Christ, H.J. & Mughrabi, H. Some aspects of thermomechanical fatigue of AISI 304L stainless steel: Part I. creep- fatigue damage. Metall Mater Trans A 25, 401–406 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02647985

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