Gyeong-Hoi Koo* and Jong-Bum Kim
The Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, vol. 26, no. 3, pp.899-903, 2012

Abstract : For elevated temperature design evaluations by the ASME-NH rules, the most important material data is the isochronous stress-strain curves, which can provide design creep information. The main purpose of this paper is to investigate appropriate formulations to be able to generate the isochronous stress-strain curves and implement it to the computer program which is coded the ASME-NH design evaluation procedures. To do this, formulations by the strain-time relationship are investigated in detail and the sensitivity studies for rapid initial transient creep contributions, slower and longer transient creep contribution, and secondary creep contributions are carried out for type 316 austenitic stainless steel. From the results of this study, it is found that the strain-time relationship formulations can well describe the isochronous stress-strain curves with the transient creep contributions.

Keyword : Isochronous stress-strain curve; Strain-time relationship; ASME-NH; Creep; Transient creep; Secondary creep; Elevated temperature design