Total strain control fatigue tests with a 120-second hold period at either peak compressive or tensile strain were conducted on annealed 2.25 pct Cr 1 pct Mo steel. Tests were performed at the total strain range of 1.0 pct at 500 ЊC or 600 ЊC in air, 1.3 Pa (10 Ϫ2 torr) or 1.3 ϫ 10 Ϫ3 Pa (10 Ϫ5 torr) vacuum. The nature of the hold and the environment affect fatigue life and surface crack patterns. A compressive hold is more deleterious than a tensile hold in high-temperature air, while the reverse is true in environments in which oxidation is limited. Observations of cracks at the surface and in cross section indicate that an oxidation-fatigue interaction accounts for the damaging effect of a compressive hold in air tests. In vacuum tests, creep damage has the opportunity to accumulate and causes the tension hold to exhibit the shortest fatigue lifetime.
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