Electron back-scattered diffraction together with scanning and transmission electron
microscopy were used to study nucleation of microstructural fatigue cracks in reduced …

In this work, the low cycle fatigue (LCF) behavior of a 10% Cr martensitic steel was studied
under fully reversed tension-compression loading at 600 C for constant strain amplitudes …

The remarkable microstructural stability of high chromium steels prepared by powder
metallurgy and strengthened by dispersion of nanometric yttrium oxides in cyclic loading at …

A creep–fatigue crack extension model based on a strip-yield methodology is presented and
model predictions compared to experimental data over a range of temperatures, stresses …

A research and development programme has been launched by CEA, EDF and AREVA for
the choice and qualification of material for sodium fast reactor (SFR) structural components …

The cyclic-softening behavior of the reduced activation ferritic–martensitic steels EUROFER
97 and F82H for different thermo-mechanical conditions has been analyzed and compared …