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G. Dhondt et alii, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 35 (2016) 108-113; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.35.13 112 Figure 6 : First eigenmode (bending mode). Figure 7 : Crack propagation due to LCF and due to combined LCF+HCF. Figure 8a : Crack propagation due to LCF. Figure 8b : Crack propagation due to LCF+HCF. CONCLUSIONS method was presented how to alter a procedure capable of calculating LCF crack propagation in order to take HCF due to superimposed vibrations into account. Two aspects were looked into: the augmentation of the LCF- mission by interspersed HCF-cycles and the evaluation of HCF cycles alone. The modifications needed in the code are little, provided the program is capable of treating arbitrary mixed-mode loading in three-dimensional structures. It was shown that the augmented LCF-mission usually leads to a decreased life. The HCF evaluation itself is usually reduced to a check whether the threshold value is not exceeded and no HCF-propagation occurs. R EFERENCES [1] Dhondt, G., Application of the Finite Element Method to mixed-mode cyclic crack propagation calculations in specimens, Int. J. Fatigue, 58 (2014) 2-11. [2] Bremberg, D., Dhondt, G., Automatic crack-insertion for arbitrary crack growth, Eng. Frac. Mech., 75 (2008) 404- 416. A