THE RELATION OF MICROSTRUCTURE TO THE CHARPY IMPACT AND LOW-TEMPERATURE TENSILE PROPERTIES OF TWO SHIP STEELS

This report describes the influence of the microstructural features on the brittle behavior of two ship plates, one a semikilled steel (ABS Class B) and the other a rimming steel (project steel E). The ferrite-pearlite aggregates were varied systematically by means of annealing and normalizing treatments, and correlations were obtained between the brittle behavior and several accurately measured microstructural parameters. Part I is concerned with observations on polished specimens after deformation in tension and slow-bend tests at -195 deg C, as well as at room temperature, to assess the role of twinning and to study the morphology of slip and brittle fracture. Part II describes the quantitative influence of microstructural variables on the Charpy V-notch transition temperature. Part III reports on measurements of deformation prior to brittle fracture in tension specimens at -195 deg C and considers the effect of the microstructure on the tensile properties in the brittle range.

  • Corporate Authors:

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Department of Civil Engineering, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
    Cambridge, MA  United States  02139

    Ship Structure Committee

    National Academy of Science, 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
    Washington, DC  United States  20418
  • Authors:
    • Owen, W S
    • Whitmore, D H
    • Sullivan, C P
    • Averbach, B L
    • Cohen, M
  • Publication Date: 1956-6-18

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  • Features: References;
  • Pagination: 79 p.

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00331713
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Ship Structure Committee
  • Report/Paper Numbers: SSC-102 Prog Rpt.
  • Contract Numbers: NObs-65918, NObs-72046
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: May 21 1981 12:00AM