Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2012 in the subject Engineering - Mechanical Engineering, grade: cum laude (gut), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), course: Mechanical Engineering, language: English, abstract: The primary focus of this work is to investigate the influence of residual stresses on thermomechanical fatigue (TMF) life predictions. Both experimental and numerical methods have been adapted in order to predict the lifetimes of dissimilarly welded superheater tubing in power plants. The fatigue behavior and lifetime predictions of such components are complicated at...