TY - CONF A1 - Fedelich, Bernard A1 - Kühn, Hans-Joachim A1 - Rehmer, Birgit A1 - Skrotzki, Birgit ED - Iacoviello, Francesco T1 - Modeling the lifetime reduction due to the superposition of TMF and HCF loadings in cast iron alloys T2 - Procedia Structural Integrity N2 - The superposition of small amplitude, high frequency loading cycles (HCF) to slow, large amplitude loading cycles (TMF) can significantly reduce the fatigue life. In this work, the combined TMF+HCF loading has been experimentally investigated for a cast iron alloy. In particular, the influence of the HCF frequency of the HCF amplitude and of the location of the superposed HCF cycles has been assessed. It was observed that the HCF frequency has a limited impact on the TMF fatigue life. On the other side, the HCF-strain amplitude has a highly non-linear influence on the TMF fatigue life. A simple estimate for the fatigue life reduction due to the superposed HCF cycles has been derived from fracture mechanics considerations. It is assumed that the number of propagation cycles up to failure can be neglected after a threshold for the HCF loading has been reached. The model contains only two adjustable parameters and can be combined with any TMF life prediction model. The model predictions are compared with the test results for a large range of TMF+HCF loading conditions. T2 - 21st European Conference on Fracture, ECF21 CY - Catania, Italy DA - 20.06.2016 KW - Thermomechanical Fatigue (TMF); High Cycle Fatigue (HCF); Cast iron; Fatigue assessment PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-369550 DO - https://doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.prostr.2016.06.274 VL - 2 SP - 2190 EP - 2197 PB - Elsevier CY - Radarweg 29, 1043 NX Amsterdam, The Netherlands, AN - OPUS4-36955 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -