SEDL / STP / STP1329-EB / STP37987S

Analysis of Procedures for the Determination of the Yield Force (F^gy) for Instrumented Sub-Sized Charpy-V Specimens

Taylor, H
Senior Lecturer, The Manchester Metropolitan University, MI

Pages: 14    Published: Jan 1998

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Abstract

A method for the determination of the yield force (F^gy) is defined in Annex D of the Draft Standard for impact Testing of Sub-Sized Charpy Specimens [1]. The procedure describes an iterative method for finding the straight line (Hooke's line) in the initial part of the force-displacement curve. F^gy is then taken as the point of intersection of this line with a fitted line through the fully plastic range of the data. This method is applied to force-time data collected during Phase 1 of a Round-Robin [2] to validate the Proposed Standard. Analysis of the results shows that a modification to the procedure improves the reliability of the method for finding the F^gy values.