Before revision: Failure Mechanisms There are three mechanisms acting in thermo-mechanical fatigue Creep is the flow of material at high temperatures Fatigue is crack growth and propagation due to repeated loading Oxidation is a change in the chemical composition of the material due to environmental factors.
After revision: Failure mechanisms There are three mechanisms acting in thermo-mechanical fatigue Creep is the flow of material at high temperatures Fatigue is crack growth and propagation due to repeated loading Oxidation is a change in the chemical composition of the material due to environmental factors.