SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1996
STP16508S

Evaluation of the Upper Shelf Energy for Ferritic Steels from Miniaturized Charpy Specimen Data

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In order to develop the methodology to evaluate the upper shelf energy (USE) for full size Charpy specimens of ferritic steels from miniaturized specimen data, the effects of specimen size and notch dimensions (notch root radius and notch depth) on the USE were studied for high strength ferritic steels with relatively low USE values of 135 and 107 J. The USE for miniaturized specimens, normalized by Bb 2 or (Bb)3/2 (B is the specimen thickness, b is the ligament size), was essentially independent of specimen size and tended to decrease with increasing the elastic stress concentration factor, Kt, but the Kt dependence was not significant. The normalized USE for full size specimens was considerably lower than that for miniaturized specimens. A general relationship was found that allows to determine the USE of full size specimens of ferritic steels directly from miniaturized specimen data.

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Kurishita, H
Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Oarai, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
Shibahara, I
Oarai Engineering Center, Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation, Oarai, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
Narui, M
Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Oarai, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
Mizuta, S
Oarai Engineering Center, Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation, Oarai, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
Kayano, H
Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Oarai, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
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Developed by Committee: E10
Pages: 775–789
DOI: 10.1520/STP16508S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-5328-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-2016-7