The International Symposium "Fatigue under Thermal and Mechanical Loading," held at Petten (The Netherlands) on May 22-24, 1995, was jointly organized by the Institute for Advanced Materials of The Joint Research Centre, E. C., and by the Societe Fran se de Metallurgie et de Materiaux. The fast heating and cooling cycles experienced by many high temperature components cause thermally induced stresses, which often operate in combination with mechanical loads. The resulting thermal / mechanical fatigue cycle leads to material degradation mechanisms and failure modes typical of service cycles....

This volume contains 50 contributions presented at the symposium Fatigue under Thermal and Mechanical Loading'. The symposium addressed the mechanisms, mechanics and modelling of thermal and thermal-mechanical load effects on conventional and advanced structural materials. The proceedings provide an update of the research efforts in thermal and thermal-mechanical fatigue. The papers cover a wide range of materials, including metallic alloys from steels to advanced superalloy single crystals, ceramics as well as composites. Topics encompass recent developments in specimen and component testing...