An estimate of the useful life of a thick tube creeping under non-steady environmental conditions is made using a life-hardening creep law in conjunction with a Larson-Miller rupture parameter. The method of selecting time intervals during computation is described and suggestions are made as to the appropriate points to start and end such computations. Data necessary to the calculations are summarized in an appendix.
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