DYNAMIC FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF NUCLEAR PRESSURE VESSEL STEELS AND A PREDICTION METHOD USING SMALL SPECIMENS

1989 ◽  
pp. 989-996
Author(s):  
Y. Tanaka ◽  
T. Iwadate ◽  
K. Suzuki
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Dynamic Fracture ◽  
Pressure Vessel ◽  
Prediction Method ◽  
Dynamic Fracture Toughness ◽  
Pressure Vessel Steels

Prediction of Fracture Toughness KIC Transition Curves of Pressure Vessel Steels From Charpy V-Notch Impact Test Results

1994 ◽  
Vol 116 (4) ◽  
pp. 353-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Iwadate ◽  
Y. Tanaka ◽  
H. Takemata
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Pressure Vessel ◽  
Master Curve ◽  
Prediction Method ◽  
Pressure Vessels ◽  
Life Extension ◽  
Low Alloy Steels ◽  
Excess Temperature ◽  
Pressure Vessel Steels ◽  
Transition Curves

A single and generalized prediction method of fracture toughness KIC transition curves of pressure vessel steels has been greatly desired by engineers in the petro-chemical and nuclear power industries, especially from the viewpoint of life extension of reactor pressure vessels. In this paper, the toughness degradation of Cr-Mo steels during long-term service was examined and the two prediction methods of fracture toughness KIC transition curves were studied using the data of 54 heats. 1) The toughness degradation of 2 1/4Cr-1Mo steels levels off within around 50,000 h service. 2) The FATT versus J-factor (=(Si+Mn)(P+Sn)×104) and/or X (=(10P+5Sb+4Sn+As)x10−2) relationships to estimate the maximum embrittlement of Cr-Mo steels were obtained. 3) A master curve method developed by authors et al.; that is, the method using a KIC/KIC−US versus excess temperature master curve of each material was presented for 2 1/4Cr-1Mo, 1 1/4Cr-1/2Mo, 1Cr and 1/2Mo chemical pressure vessel steels and ASTM A508 C1.1, A508 C1.2, A508 C1.3 and A533 Gr.B C1.1 nuclear pressure vessel steels, where KIC−US is the upper-shelf fracture toughness and excess temperature is test temperature minus FATT. 4) A generalized prediction method to predict the KIC transition curves of any low-alloy steels was developed. This method consists of KIC/KIC−US versus T–T0 master curve and temperature shift ΔT between fracture toughness and CVN impact transition curves versus yield strength relationship, where To is the temperature showing 50 percent KIC−US of the material. 5) The KIC transition curves predicted using both methods showed a good agreement with the lower bound of measured KJC values obtained from JC tests.

Effect of Loading Rate on Fracture Toughness of Pressure Vessel Steels

2000 ◽  
Vol 122 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. K. Yoon ◽  
W. A. Van Der Sluys ◽  
K. Hour
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Pressure Vessel ◽  
Master Curve ◽  
Loading Rate ◽  
Dynamic Fracture Toughness ◽  
Reference Temperature ◽  
Ferritic Steels ◽  
Transition Range ◽  
High Loading Rate ◽  
Pressure Vessel Steels

The master curve method has recently been developed to determine fracture toughness in the brittle-to-ductile transition range. This method was successfully applied to numerous fracture toughness data sets of pressure vessel steels. Joyce (Joyce, J. A., 1997, “On the Utilization of High Rate Charpy Test Results and the Master Curve to Obtain Accurate Lower Bound Toughness Predictions in the Ductile-to-Brittle Transition, Small Specimen Test Techniques,” Small Specimens Test Technique, ASTM STP 1329, W. R. Corwin, S. T. Rosinski, and E. Van Walle, eds., ASTM, West Conshohocken, PA) applied this method to high loading rate fracture toughness data for SA-515 steel and showed the applicability of this approach to dynamic fracture toughness data. In order to investigate the shift in fracture toughness from static to dynamic data, B&W Owners Group tested five weld materials typically used in reactor vessel fabrication in both static and dynamic loading. The results were analyzed using ASTM Standard E 1921 (ASTM, 1998, Standard E 1921-97, “Standard Test Method for the Determination of Reference Temperature, T0, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range,” 1998 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, 03.01, American Society for Testing and Materials, West Conshohocken, PA). This paper presents the data and the resulting reference temperature shifts in the master curves from static to high loading rate fracture toughness data. This shift in the toughness curve with the loading rate selected in this test program and from the literature is compared with the shift between KIc and KIa curves in ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. In addition, data from the B&W Owners Group test of IAEA JRQ material and dynamic fracture toughness data from the Pressure Vessel Research Council (PVRC) database (Van Der Sluys, W. A., Yoon, K. K., Killian, D. E., and Hall, J. B., 1998, “Fracture Toughness of Ferritic Steels and ASTM Reference Temperature T0,” BAW-2318, Framatome Technologies. Lynchburg, VA) are also presented. It is concluded that the master curve shift due to loading rate can be addressed with the shift between the current ASME Code KIc and KIa curves. [S0094-9930(00)01302-0]

Dynamic fracture toughness (JId) behavior of armor-grade Q&T steel weldments: Effect of weld metal composition and microstructure

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 1017-1026 ◽  
Author(s):  
Govindaraj Magudeeswaran ◽  
Visvalingam Balasubramanian ◽  
S. Sathyanarayanan ◽  
Gankidi Madhusudhan Reddy ◽  
A. Moitra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Weld Metal ◽  
Dynamic Fracture ◽  
Dynamic Fracture Toughness ◽  
Metal Composition ◽  
Weld Metal Composition
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