Topics covered:

• the dramatic contribution of oxidation on fatigue crack growthin thermomechanical fatigue by comparing preoxidized and virginsamples

• dynamic strain aging and dynamic recovery effects inaustenitic stainless steels under thermomechanical fatigue

• thermomechanic fatigue of IN-738 and proposed life modelincorporating time, temperature, and stain effects

• analysis of local stresses and strains for same class ofmaterials

• characterization of crack growth through temperature andstress gradients.