Creep test by bending is generally preferable to that by compressing because larger stress can be easily loaded on a test piece by bending than by compressing. Creep constitutive equation, however, is not easily conducted from the creep data obtained by bending test. Therefore, result of bending creep test has not been available as the premise for FEM analysis. Here studied and reported is the method of reverse analysis to conduct the creep equation for alumina-graphite materials from the creep data obtained by bending test. First, elastic finite element model is employed to estimate stress and strain from load and displacement. Then creep coefficients are determined preliminarily. Next, elastic creep finite element model is employed to correct the coefficients. The determined creep equation is applied to analysis of the bending test data and has shown satisfactory agreement with the experiment results. Thus the methods and procedures prove effective.

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