scholarly journals Heavy section steel technology program. Technical report No. 36. The irradiated fracture toughness of ASTM A533, Grade B, Class 1 steel measured with a four inch thick compact tension specimen

1975 ◽  
Author(s):  
J A Williams

1976 ◽  
Vol 98 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. F. Copeland

The effects of sulfur content on the fracture toughness properties of 2 1/4Cr-1 Mo steel were evaluated at test temperatures above, at, and below the nil ductility transition temperature (NDTT) of −23°C (−10°F). Small, 12.7-mm (0.5-in.) thick compact tension specimen results were combined with J-integral, Equivalent Energy, and Crack Opening Displacement analytical techniques to provide KIc results up to 22°C (72°F). It was found that the sulfur content of this steel has a large detrimental effect on KIc at the NDTT and above, where microvoid coalescence is the fracture mode. Sulfur has no significant effect at −73°C (−100°F) where cleavage occurs. These results also indicate that the higher Charpy V-notch energy at NDTT, shown by lower sulfur steels, is translatable into increased fracture resistance.





Author(s):  
Masahiro Takanashi ◽  
Satoshi Izumi ◽  
Shinsuke Sakai ◽  
Naoki Miura

In the present study, the transferability of elastic-plastic fracture toughness from a small-scale to a large-scale specimen was experimentally confirmed for carbon steel pipe with mild toughness. Fracture toughness tests were carried out on a pipe specimen 318.5 mm in outer diameter, 10.3 mm in thickness and having a through-wall crack, and also on a compact tension specimen 9.7mm in thickness, 25.4 mm in width, that had been cut out from the pipe specimen. Test results indicated the J-integral value of the pipe specimen at the crack initiation to be nearly twice that of the CT specimen. Finite element analysis conducted on the two specimens indicated this difference to arise primarily from the constraint near the crack front. Discussion was also made of the effects of crack orientation on elastic-plastic fracture toughness of CT specimens. The J-integral value at crack initiation in the specimen whose crack direction coincided with the pipe axial was found to be almost 54 % more than for specimens whose crack direction was circumferential.



Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document