A nonlinear creep/dwell-interaction model is derived based on nucleation and propagation of a surface fatigue crack and its coalescence with creep/dwell damages (cavities or wedge cracks) along its path inside the material, which results in the total damage accumulation rate as given by where (da/dN)f is the pure fatigue crack growth rate, (da/dN)env is the environment-assisted crack growth rate, lc/lz is the cavity/wedge crack size, and λ is the average spacing between the internal cavities or cracks. Since wedge cracks are usually present in the form of dislocation pile-ups at low temperatures and cavitation usually occurs at high temperatures, the model attempts to reconcile the creep/dwell-fatigue phenomena over a broad temperature range of engineering concern. In particular, the model has been used to explain dwell fatigue of titanium alloys and high temperature creep-fatigue interactions in Ni-base superalloys under TCCR, CCCR, THCR and CHCR test conditions (see Annex A for definition of the terminology).
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