Material Simulation and Damage Analysis at Thermal Shock Conditions

Thermal shock is an extreme form of thermo-mechanical loading. This detailed investigation close to reality is necessary in industrial engineering in order to get a good prediction of life expectancy for high quality and safety relevant machine components. This paper addresses on experimental investigations of deformation and damage at thermal shocked cylinders. Additionally the parameters for the Chaboche model are identified on the basis of uniaxial cyclic experiments. (© 2006 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)