简介:Theconstitutiveequationunderthelow-cyclefatigue(LCF)wasdiscussed,andatwo-dimensional(2-D)modelforsimulatingfatiguecrackextensionwasputforwardinordertoproposeanewcyclicJ-integral.Thedefinition,primarycharacteristics,physicalinterpretationsandnumericalevaluationofthenewparameterwereinvestigatedindetail.Moreover,thenewcyclicJ-integralforLCFbehaviorswasvalidatedbythecompacttension(CT)specimens.ResultsshowthatthecalculatedvaluesofthenewparametercancorrelatewellwithLCFcrackgrowthrate,duringconstant-amplitudeloading.Inaddition,thephenomenonoffatigueretardationwasexplainedthroughtheviewpointofenergybasedontheconceptofthenewparameter.