Two stress relaxation constitutive models have been developed to predict the stress relaxation behavior for high-temperature bolting according to continuum damage mechanics, Kachanov–Robatnov (K–R), and Othman–Hayhurst (O–H) creep constitutive equations as well as stress relaxation strain equations. To validate the effectiveness of constitutive equations, the predicted results were compared with the experimental data of uniaxial isothermal stress relaxation tests using 1Cr10NiMoW2VNbN steel. The results show that the results obtained by the stress relaxation constitutive model based on the K–R creep equation overestimates the stress relaxation behavior, while the model deduced by the O–H creep equation is more in agreement with the experimental data. Moreover, the stress relaxation damage predicted increases with the increment of initial stress significantly. These indicate that the new models can predict the stress relaxation behavior of high-temperature bolting well.

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