“…Ratcheting can be defined as the directional and progressive accumulation of strain under asymmetrical stress-controlled cycling (Jiang and Zhang, 2008). To understand this phenomenon, several research works have been carried out at uniaxial cyclic loading with non-zero mean stress for 304 and 316 stainless steel at room and high temperatures has been reported by (Yoshida et al , 1988; Chaboche and Nouailhas, 1989; Ruggles and Krempl, 1989, 1990; Delobelle, 1993). Majority of available literature on ratcheting behavior pertains to studies on piping materials like SA333 (Paul et al , 2010a, 2010b, 2011a) and austenitic steels (Feaugas and Gaudin, 2004; Kang et al , 2005; Bocher et al , 2001; Yang, 2005; Paul et al , 2011b, 2012; Taleb and Cailletaud, 2011; Ray et al , 2010; Kang and Gao, 2005; Kang et al , 2002a, 2002b; Polák et al , 2012).…”