Author contact details Preface Part I High Temperature Deformation 1 Creep Behavior of Materials 1.1 Creep Curve 1.2 Stress and Temperature Dependence of Creep Rate 1.3 Stacking Fault Energy Effect 1.4 Grain Size Effect References 2 Evolution of Dislocation Substructures During Creep 2.1 Parameters of Dislocation Substructures and Their Measurements 2.2 Evolution of Dislocation Substructure during Creep 2.3 Dislocation Substructure of Steady State Creep 2.4 Inhomogeneous Dislocation Substructure and Long-Range Internal Stress References 3 Dislocation Motion at Elevated Temperatures 3.1 Thermally Activated Glide of Dislocation 3.2 Measurement of Internal Stress 3.3 Climb of Dislocations 3.4 Basic Equations of Recovery Creep 3.5 Mechanisms of Recovery References 4 Recovery-Creep Theories of Pure Metals 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Weertman Model 4.3 Models Considering Sub-Boundary 4.4 Models Based on Dislocation Network 4.5 Creep Model Based on the Motion of Jogged Screw Dislocation 4.6 Summary of Recovery Creep Models 4.7 Soft and Hard Region Composite Model 4.8 Harper-Dorn Creep References 5 Creep of Solid Solution Alloys 5.1 Interaction Between Dislocation and Solute Atom 5.2 Creep Behavior of Solid Solution Alloys 5.3 Viscous Glide Velocity of Dislocations 5.4 Creep Controlled by Viscous Glide of Dislocations References 6 Creep of Second Phase Particles Strengthened Materials 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Arzt-Ashby Model 6.3 Creep Model Based on Attractive Particle-Dislocation Interaction 6.4 Interaction of Dislocation with Localized Particles 6.5 Mechanisms of Particle Strengthening 6.6 Grain Boundary Precipitation Strengthening References 7 Creep of Particulates Reinforced Composite Material 7.1 Creep Behavior of Particulates Reinforced Aluminium Matrix Composites 7.2 Determination of Threshold Stress 7.3 Creep Mechanisms and Role of Reinforcement Phase References 8 High Temperature Deformation of Intermetallic Compounds 8.1 Crystal Structures ,Dislocations and Planar Defects 8.2 Dislocation Core Structure 8.3 Slip Systems and Flow Stresses of Intermetallic Compounds 8.4 Creep of Intermetallic Compounds 8.5 Creep of Compound-Based ODS Alloys References 9 Diffusional Creep 9.1 Theory on Diffusional Creep 9.2 Accommodation of Diffusional Creep:Grain Boundary Sliding 9.3 Diffusional Creep Controlled by Boundary Reaction 9.4 Experimental Evidences of Diffusional Creep References 10 Superplasticity 10.1 Stability of Deformation 10.2 General Characteristics of Superplasticity 10.3 Microstructure Characteristics of Superplasticity 10.4 Grain Boundary Behaviors in Superplastic Deformation 10.5 Mechanism of Superplastic Deformation 10.6 The maximum Strain Rate for Superplasticity References 11 Mechanisms of Grain Boundary Sliding 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Intrinsic Grain Boundary Sliding 11.3 Extrinsic Grain Boundary Sliding References 12 Multiaxial Creep Models 12.1 Uniaxial Creep Models 12.2 Mutiaxial Creep Models 12.3 Mutiaxial Steady State Creep Model 12.4 Stress Relaxation by Creep References Part II High Temperature Fracture 13 Nucleation of Creep Cavity 13.1 Introduction 13.2 Nucleation Sites of Cavity 13.3 Theory of Cavity Nucleation 13.4 Cavity Nucleation Rate References 14 Creep Embrittlement by Segregation of Impurities 14.1 Nickel and Nickel-Base Superalloys 14.2 Low-Alloy Steels References 15 Diffusional Growth of Creep Cavities 15.1 Chemical Potential of Vacancies 15.2 Hull-Rimmer Model for Cavity Growth 15.3 Speight-Harris Model for Cavity Growth 15.4 The role of Surface Diffusion References 16 Cavity Growth by Coupled Diffusion and Creep 16.1 Monkman-Grant Relation 16.2 Beer-Speight Model 16.3 Edward-Ashby Model 16.4 Chen-Argon model 16.5 Cocks-Ashby Model References 17 Constrained Growth of Creep Cavities 17.1 Introduction 17.2 Rice Model 17.3 Raj-Ghosh Model 17.4 Cocks-Ashby Model References 18 Nucleation and Growth of Wedge-Type Microcracks 18.1 Introduction 18.2 Nucleation of Wedge-Type Cracks 18.3 The Propagation of Wedge-Type Cracks 18.4 Crack Growth by Cavitation References 19 Creep Crack Growth 19.1 Crack-Tip Stress Fields in Elastoplastic Body 19.2 Stress Field at Steady-State-Creep Crack Tip 19.3 The Crack Tip Stress Fields in Transition Period 19.4 Vitek Model for Creep Crack Tip Fields 19.5 The Influence of Creep Threshold Stress 19.6 The Experimental Results for Creep Crack Growth References 20 Creep Damage Mechanics 20.1 Introduction to the Damage Mechanics 20.2 Damage Variable and Effective Stress 20.3 Kachanov Creep Damage Theory 20.4 Rabotnov Creep Damage Theory 20.5 Three-Dimensional Creep Damage Theory References 21 Creep Damage Physics 21.1 Introduction 21.2 Loss of External Section 21.3 Loss of Internal Section 21.4 Degradation of Microstructure 21.5 Damage by Oxidation References 22 Prediction of Creep Rupture Life 22.1 Extrapolation Methods of Creep Rupture Life 22.2 θProjection Method 22.3 Maruyama Parameter 22.4 Reliability of Prediction for Creep Rupture Property References 23 Creep-Fatigue Interaction 23.1 Creep Fatigue Waveforms 23.2 Creep-Fatigue Failure Maps 23.3 Holding Time Effects on Creep-Fatigue Lifetime 23.4 Fracture Mechanics of Creep Fatigue Crack Growth References 24 Prediction of Creep-Fatigue Life 24.1 Linear Damage Accumulation Rule 24.2 Strain Range Partitioning 24.3 Damage Mechanics Method 24.4 Damage Function Method 24.5 Empirical Methods References 25 Environmental Damage at High Temperature 25.1 Oxidation 25.2 Hot Corrosion 25.3 Carburization References Appendix A Appendix B Index