DYNAMIC FRACTURE-RESISTANCE TESTING AND METHODS FOR STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
The fracture properties of structural steels are sensitive to strain rate; this characteristic is responsible for most catastrophic failures of structures in these materials. The potential for the initiation of fast fracture can be predicted by the recently developed technology of linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM) which has provided the basis for an analytical approach to fracture resistance and structural integrity, unfortunately, for routine engineering design use, the basic material parameter for plane-strain fracture toughness (KIc) is either impossible or too expensive to obtain by direct measurement. Therefore, to make fracture mechanics a viable engineering design tool, empirical correlations between practical dynamic test results and the basic parameters are needed. The attributes and limitations of the Charpy, Deop Weight-Nil Ductility Transition Temperature, Drop Weight Tear, and Dynamic Tear tests are discussed with respect to providing information useful in structural integrity analyses.
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Corporate Authors:
Welding Research Council
345 East 47th Street
New York, NY United States 10017 -
Authors:
- Lange, E A
- Publication Date: 1977-8
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 1-12
- Serial:
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Drop tests; Dynamic tests; Failure; Fracture mechanics; Reliability; Structural analysis; Structural mechanics; Structural steel; Tear strength
- Uncontrolled Terms: Structural failures; Structural reliability
- Old TRIS Terms: Charpy tests; Dynamic tear test
- Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Materials;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00165471
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Welding Research Council Bulletin
- Report/Paper Numbers: Bulletin 229
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Nov 23 1977 12:00AM