Fatigue and creep are the most important aspects of structures failure to be considered in components designing for service under cyclic loads and high temperatures generating thermo-mechanical fatigue (TMF) stresses. Furthermore, understanding these failure mechanisms is in residual stress...

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Initiative and Obsolescence in Sustainable Development -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Section 1: World views and values -- 1.3 Section 2: Design and evaluation tools and technology -- 1.4...