SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1979
STP35840S

Determination of Fracture Toughness with Linear-Elastic and Elastic-Plastic Methods

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Fracture toughness was determined for two nickel-chromium-molybdenum steels with linear-elastic and elastic-plastic methods. From the evaluation of linear-elastic/ideal plastic load-displacement curves and from the experimental results it follows that the relation of Merkle and Corten should be applied for J-integral determination for compact specimens. The extrapolation method for the determination of a critical J-value implies some problems. As an alternative it is proposed to determine J at a fixed distance from the blunting line. A comparison between stress intensity factors calculated from J and with linear-elastic methods shows that linear-elastic fracture mechanics can be applied to much smaller specimens than given by the ASTM Test for Bane-Strain Fracture Toughness of Metallic Materials (E 399-74). The equivalent-energy method and measurement of crack tip opening displacement with different clip gages at different distances from the crack tip yield stress intensity factors in agreement with the J-integral method.

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Berger, C
Kraftwerk-Union AG, Muelheim, Germany
Keller, HP
Deutsche Forschungs- und Versuchsanstalt far Luft- und Raumfahrt, Cologne, Germany
Munz, D
Deutsche Forschungs- und Versuchsanstalt far Luft- und Raumfahrt, Cologne, Germany
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Developed by Committee: E08
Pages: 378–405
DOI: 10.1520/STP35840S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-4739-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-0330-6