The development of validation methodology of multi-axial creep damage constitutive equations and its application to 0.5Cr0.5Mo0.25V ferritic steel at 590°C

Research progress on the development of validation methodology for multi-axial creep damage constitutive equations and its specific application to 0.5Cr0.5Mo0.25V ferritic steel at 590 °C is presented. A set of new phenomenological multi-axial creep damage constitutive equations was proposed aiming at overcoming the deficiency of inconsistency between predicted rupture strains and observed ones. Based on these explicit consistent requirements, an improved validation methodology is proposed and applied to 0.5Cr0.5Mo0.25V ferritic steel at 590 °C. It shows that the predictions of this new set of constitutive equations are consistent with experimental observations. It also reveals a significant difference in creep curves between different sets of constitutive equations and the need for experimental data so that the coupling of damage and creep deformation can be further examined.