as well as fatigue damage due
to cyclic
loading.
A first step dealswith the recalculation of stress strain hysteresis loops by the usage of cycling flow
curves. Continuous softening or hardening effects are considered as well as an enhanced method for the
influence of dwell times and internal stresses. Further,
varying temperatures due to start-up and shut-down
processes and cycle counting methods for multi-stage loads lead to an impressive prediction accuracy.
A prevalent rule for creep fatigue life analysis in the long term region is the generalized damage
accumulation rule