... the test chamber is subjected to cyclic thermal and mechanical stresses at elevated temperatures for a predetermined number of thermal cycles to estimate its creep and fatigue life. Cyclic thermal and mechanical loads are applied by sequentially exposing rotors rotating at high speed to transient heating...

... stress, nonlinear material behavior is considered. Based on stresses and strains, the fatigue life can be estimated. The CFD results are compared with that of the number of transfer units’ method and are further verified with industrial experiment data. All these comparisons indicate that the present...