Low Cycle Fatigue and Elasto-Plastic Behaviour of Materials

Invited Paper on Special Topics.- Damage Monitoring, Life Prediction and Life Extension.- Review Paper.- A Review of Recent Studies of Low Cycle Fatigue in Japan.- Section 1 : Correlation between Microstructure and Cyclic Behaviour.- Correlation between Microstructure and Cyclic Behaviour.- The Influence of Crystal Orientation on Fatigue Softening of Predeformed Copper.- Cyclic Stress in Polycrystalline Copper.- The Formation of Ribbon-like Extrusions and Intrusions during the Cyclic Deformation of Copper.- Cumulative Damage under Constant Amplitude and Variable Amplitude Loading: Some New Physical Aspects.- Inhomogeneous Cyclic Deformation Behavior of Polycrystalline Aluminum.- Crack Initiation by Low Cycle Fatigue of Al-Mg-Si Alloys.- The Role of Grain Boundaries in Low Cycle Fatigue at High Temperatures.- Cyclic Deformation and Microstructure of Zircaloy-4 between 300 and 973 K.- Effect of Nitrogen upon the Low-Cycle Fatigue Behaviour of 316 L Stainless Steels.- Relationships between Fatigue Strength and Microstructure of 55SiMnVB Steel.- Low Cycle Fatigue of a 12 Cr Martensitic Stainless Steel: The Role of Microstructure.- Surface Bifurcation and Surface Roughening of Inhomogeneous Material during Plastic Deformation.- Fatigue Crack Initiation and Early Propagation in Polycrystalline Copper.- Low-Cycle Fatigue Investigations on Al-Mg-Si-1 Alloys of Different Grain Sizes.- Dislocation Structure Changes in Ferritic-Pearlitic Steels Caused by Low-Cycle Fatigue at Elevated Temperature.- Predictive Analysis of Low Cycle Fatigue of Tool Steel in Warm Working Conditions.- Low Cycle Fatigue of Medium Strength Al-Mg Alloy.- Section 2: Modelling of Cyclic Stress-Strain Response, Constitutive Equations.- The Viscoplasticity Theory Based on Overstress Applied to Ratcheting and Cyclic Hardening.- A Critical Evaluation of the Incremental Step Test.- An Analysis of Stress-Strain Hysteresis Loop and Cyclic Stress-Strain Curve in Structural Steels.- A Cyclic Constitutive Relation for Multiaxial Stress States.- A Stochastic Model for the Interaction of Plasticity and Creep in Metals.- Critical Experiments in Thermo-mechanical Loading.- Modeling Cyclic Deformation with the MATMOD-BSSOL Unified Constitutive Equations.- Modelization of Cyclic Stress-Strain Response of Hot Working Tools.- Application of the Internal Stress Concept to LCF Deformation at High Temperature.- Low Cycle Fatigue (LCF): Modelled by Elastic-Plastic Trusses with Kinematical Hardening.- Section 3: LCF at High Temperature.- Substance of Creep-Fatigue Interaction Examined from the Point of View of a Crack Propagation Mechanics.- Lifetime Prediction under Creep-Fatigue Conditions.- Low-Cycle Fatigue Life Prediction in Terms of Hysteresis Energy under Creep-Fatigue Interaction.- Life Prediction under Creep-Fatigue Condition for 1Cr-Mo-V Steel.- Influence of Microstructure of 1% CrMoV Steel on Creep and Strain Controlled Fatigue Behaviour.- Influence of Hold-Time and Strain Rate on the LCF Behaviour of Alloy 617 at 950°C.- On the Behavior of Ferritic Steels Subjected to Load Controlled Cycling at Elevated Temperatures.- The Construction of Creep-Fatigue Design Curves Based on a Strain-Fraction Approach.- Creep-Fatigue Behavior of 2 1/4 Cr-1Mo Steel in Air and Vacuum.- Damage Mechanisms under Creep Fatigue Conditions in Alloy 800H.- Creep Fatigue of Steels in Various Environments.- Low Cycle Fatigue Experiments with Variation of the Strain Range.- Low Cycle Fatigue Behaviour of Nimonic PE 16 at Temperature up to 650°C.- The Creep/Fatigue Behaviour of 17Cr8Ni2Mo Weld Metal at 625°C.- Regularities of Resistance to Breaking and Definition of Design Characteristics at Low-Cycle Isothermic and Non-isothermic Loading.- Prediction of Crack Growth in High Temperature Components Using Creep Crack Growth and Fatigue Crack Growth Data.- The Thermal Fatigue Life Prediction of Diesel Engine Heating Components by the Strain-Range Partitioning Method.- An Automated Material Testing System for Evaluating the Effects of Thermal Mechanical Fatigue on Material Properties.- Investigations on Elasto-Plastic Behaviour of the Boiler Steel Mb 16 at High Temperatures.- Section 4: LCF Behaviour under Various Environmental Conditions.- Mechanics of Materials in Corrosion Assisted Low Cycle Fatigue Crack Growth Analyses.- Low Cycle Corrosion Fatigue of High Tensile Strength Steel and Image Processing of Fracture Surfaces.- Low Cycle Corrosion Fatigue of Turbine Steels in Boiler Feed Water.- Evolution of Microcracks during Low Cycle Fatigue in Aqueous Corrosive Solutions.- Environmental Effects on LCF Failure of Unidirectionally Solidified MAR-M200 + HF Alloy at 975°C.- Environmental Effects on the Fatigue Behaviour of Alloy 800H.- Investigations on the Interaction of LCF and Oxidation.- Low-Cycle Fatigue of Stainless Steel in Liquid Sodium Environment.- Fatigue Crack Growth of a Low Alloy Steel in Various Gaseous Environments.- High Temperature Low Cycle Fatigue in Coal Gasification Environment.- Effect of High Pressure Oxidation on Mechanical Properties of Modified 9Cr-1Mo Ferritic Steel at Various Temperatures.- Section 5: Realization and Operation of Industrial Components, Welded Structures.- Advanced Designing with High Temperature Materials.- LCF Stresses—An Important Criterion in the Design of Steam Turbines for Fossil-Fired Power Stations.- Crack Nucleation and Propagation in Nozzles of a Pressure Vessel.- Elasto-Plastic Fatigue for In-Plane Bending on Elbow.- Low Cycle Fatigue of Reinforced Concrete Beams in Bending.- Thermal Fatigue Behaviour of Dissimilar-Metal Welds.- Possibilities to Increase Welded Joint Life at Low Cycle Fatigue.- Characterization of the Cyclic Material Properties of Shape Welded Tempered and Quenched Steels 10 MnMoNi 5 5 and 20 NiCrMoV 14 5.- Low Cycle Fatigue Strength of Mechanically Heterogeneous Welded Joints.- A Welded Joint Microstructure Effect on Low-Cycle Fatigue.- Growth of Fatigue Cracks from Weld Defects at Low-Cycle Fatigue.- Section 6: Design Methods, Life Prediction, Multiaxial Loading.- Multiaxial Fatigue Damage Assessment.- Effects of Notch-Tip Stress-Strain Calculation Method on the Prediction of Fatigue Crack Initiation Life.- The Relative Method in the Case of Local Strain Approach.- A New Concept for Plastic Strain Concentration Factors.- Local Strain Approach in Multiaxial Fatigue: Feasibilities and Current Limitations.- Advanced FEM-Based Fatigue Analysis (FEMFAT) for Arbitrary Multiaxial Elastic Plastic Loading Conditions.- Multiaxial Fatigue Behaviour of Cyclic Hardening and Softening Steels under Variable Elastic-Plastic Strain Amplitudes.- Determination of Cycle Dependent Material Properties for a Design Concept on the Basis of Limited Plastic Strains with Regard to Environmental Effects.- Low Cycle Fatigue on a 1CrMoV Steel: Damage Criteria and Life Prediction Methods Assessment.- Life Evaluation of a Nozzle Charged by Low Primary Loads and Severe Cyclic Thermal Shocks.- Inelastic Stress-Strain Behaviour of Cyclic Loaded Notched Specimens.- Comparison between Rotating Bending and Push-Pull Fatigue Strength in Low Cycle Region.- Effects of Mixed Mode and Mode II Overloads on Mode I Fatigue Crack Growth.- Local Stresses and Strains in Weldments as a Basis of the Proof of Fatigue Strength.- Section 7: Fracture Mechanics Aspect of Crack Initiation and Crack Propagation.- Low Cycle Fatigue Life — An Analysis Based on Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior under General-Yielding Cyclic-Loading.- Crack Initiation Life Predictions Based on Elastic-Plastic Fracture Mechanics of Short Cracks.- Fatigue Crack Growth and Closure at High Cyclic Strains.- Note on the Crack Closure Phenomenon in Low-Cycle Fatigue.- Microcrack Growth Law-Aided Approach in Evaluating Low-Cycle Fatigue Strength and its Application — Directionality Assessment of Thick Forged Steel Plates (A533B Cl 1) and Prediction of the Microcrack Propagation Life of a Medium Carbon Steel under Variable Strain Amplitudes.- On the Material Plasticity Attending Fatigue Crack Growth.- Fatigue Crack Growth under Mode I and II Loading.- The Influence of Minor Cycles on Low Cycle Fatigue Crack Growth in Ti-5331S.- Comparison of Low Cycle Axial, Rotating and Bending Fatigue of Aluminium Alloys.- Shape Changing and Cracking during High-Temperature Cycling of High-Alloyed Steel Cylinders.- On the Correlation between Life-Time and Crack Growth Laws under HTLCF Loading.- Application of the Fracture Mechanics Concepts to Thermal Fatigue Cracking.- Relationship between Crack Growth of Thermal-Mechanical Fatigue and that of Isothermal Low-Cycle Fatigue at Elevated Temperatures.- Retarding the Crack Initiation Process during Low Cycle Thermal Shock Fatigue.- Crack Mode Transition and Failure Life Assessment in High Temperature Biaxial Low Cycle Fatigue.- High Temperature Creep and Fatigue Crack Growth in Alloy 800H.- Micromechanics Basis of CTD Criterion for Short Crack Propagation in Crystalline Grains.- A Definition of Fatigue Small Crack Range.- Experience with a Load Change Technique for Crack Growth Rate Measurements.- Fracture Mode Transition and Damage in Extremely Low Cycle Fatigue.- The Effects of Environment on Stage I/II Fatigue Cracks in Al-Zn-Mg Single Crystals.- Low Cycle Fatigue of Martensitic AISI 4140 Steel at Low Temperatures.- Effect of Low-Cycle Fatigue on the Brittle Characteristics of a Structural Steel.- Impact Tensile Properties of a Stainless Steel Pre-fatigued in Low Cycle Regime.- Section 8: New Materials, Materials Development.- Effect of Heat Treatment on the Behaviour of WC-Co Cemented Carbide Alloy under Repeated Impact Loading.- The Effect of Small Amount of Magnesium on High Temperature LCF Behaviour in Iron-Base and Nickel-Base Superalloys.- Fatigue Crack Propagation in Centrally Notched Composites.- High Temperature LCF of an Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Nickel Base Super alloy.- Cyclic Response of Dual-Phase Steels.- Contributing Authors Index.