Scale effects of FGH96 disc were analyzed.Different LCF (low cycle fatigue) life forecasting methods fitted for FGH96 sub-scale and full-scale disk were analyzed.FGH96 sub-scale disk and FGH96 full-scale crack propagation disk were successfully designed.Two kinds of LCF failure mechanism were showed by LCF life tests.LCF life forecasting methods were verified.FGH96 crack propagation disc’s crack propagation characteristic was gained by crack propagation tests.The objective laws for prominent difference of crack propagation characteristic between FGH96 disc and compact tensile sample were revealed.FGH96 crack propagation disc’s damage tolerance values of 580℃ were obtained.Understanding was made for the high pressure turbine disk’s damage tolerance level.