Statistical scatter of fracture toughness in the ductile-brittle transition of a structural steel |
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Authors: | Tetsuya Tagawa Yoichi Kayamori |
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Affiliation: | a Osaka University, Department of Materials and Manufacturing Science, Suita Osaka 565-0871, Japan b Nippon Steel Corporation, Steel Research Laboratories, Futtsu 293-8511, Japan c Daido Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nagoya 457-8530, Japan |
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Abstract: | The statistical scatter of fracture toughness in the ductile-brittle transition temperature range was experimentally examined on a 500 MPa class low carbon steel. Fracture toughness tests were replicatedly performed at −60 °C, −20 °C and −10 °C. The tests at −60 °C resulted in a single modal Weibull distribution with a shape parameter of 4 for the critical stress intensity factor converted from J-integral, whereas the Weibull distributions of the critical stress intensity factor at −20 °C and −10 °C showed a bilinear pattern with an elbow point, which caused a wider scatter than that at −60 °C. Such scatter transition behavior was discussed with reference to stable crack initiation. A model of the statistical scatter transition has been proposed in this work and the model reasonably explains the experimental results. |
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Keywords: | Toughness testing Cleavage Stable crack growth Ductile-to-brittle transition Weibull stress Master curve |
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