Tennyson,
You'll either have to do a series of stress levels and then convert the
set of responses to an empirical equation that predicts the changing
response, or just test the stress level that's appropriate to the final
application. Be careful that the test method doesn't generate a creep
mechanism that differs from field service.
Andy Magee
Mechanical Engineer, Materials Engineer and Metallurgist.
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