Multiaxial low cycle fatigue behavior and life prediction method of 316LN stainless steel at 550 °C

This work studied the uniaxial, torsional and multiaxial low cycle fatigue behavior of 316LN stainless steel at 550 °C. Results show that the normalized kernel average misorientation value can be used to describe the loading path non-proportionality quantitatively. The formation of equiaxed and small-sized dislocation cells leads to the occurrence of continuously cyclic hardening under circular loading path. The crack initiation and early crack...