Interaction of cyclic softening and stress relaxation of 9–12% Cr steel under strain-controlled fatigue-creep condition: Experimental and modeling

Strain controlled fatigue of P92 steel with various strain hold dwells introduced at the peak loading point were conducted at 625 °C. Two features which depend on the cycle and strain range level were observed under the fatigue-creep condition for the viscous and cyclic softening material. The first one is the accelerated cyclic softening response which is ascribed to the accumulated inelastic strain transformation from the creep mechanism...