Cyclic plastic response and fatigue life in symmetric and asymmetric cyclic loading

The response of materials to cyclic loading using different loading conditions is analyzed. Hysteresis loops of austenitic steel cycled in symmetric and asymmetric strain- and stress controlled loading are analyzed to evaluate the contribution of effective stress and probability distribution of internal critical stresses. The austenitic-ferritic duplex steel is cycled with various positive mean stresses and cyclic stress-strain response, cyclic creep rates, resulting dislocation structures and fatigue life are evaluated. The effect of the mean stress on cyclic plasticity and fatigue life is discussed. © 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of ICM11