In this paper, based on the thought of Modified Wöhler Curve Method (MWCM), a new general model for predicting multiaxial fatigue life with influence of mean stress is presented. Different from the MWCM, the expressions of multiaxiality effect and mean stress effect are located separately in the proposed fatigue equation, so that the new model can consider the impact of both axial and torsional mean stresses, and the equation form possesses excellent extendibility and variability. The wildly used von Mises equivalent stress is adopted as the fatigue parameter to improve computational efficiency. Finally, in conjunction with the Itoh criterion, the model can be trivially extended to perform non-proportional fatigue prediction with different mean stresses. Some representative fatigue tests published in the previous literature are used to verify this study.
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