Material grain size and crack size influences on cleavage fracturing

2015 ◽  
Vol 373 (2038) ◽  
pp. 20140124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald W. Armstrong
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Fracture Mechanics ◽  
Crack Size ◽  
Size Dependent ◽  
Silicon Crystals ◽  
Pile Up ◽  
Crack Tip Plasticity ◽  
Material Grain Size ◽  
Stress Behaviour ◽  
Relationship Of

A review is given of the analogous dependence on reciprocal square root of grain size or crack size of fracture strength measurements reported for steel and other potentially brittle materials. The two dependencies have much in common. For onset of cleavage in steel, attention is focused on relationship of the essentially athermal fracture stress compared with a quite different viscoplastic yield stress behaviour. Both grain-size-dependent stresses are accounted for in terms of dislocation pile-up mechanics. Lowering of the cleavage stress occurs in steel because of carbide cracking. For crack size dependence, there is complication of localized crack tip plasticity in fracture mechanics measurements. Crack-size-dependent conventional and indentation fracture mechanics measurements are described also for results obtained on the diverse materials: polymethylmethacrylate, silicon crystals, alumina polycrystals and WC-Co (cermet) composites.

scholarly journals Crystal Strengths at Micro- and Nano-Scale Dimensions

Crystals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Ronald W. Armstrong ◽  
Wayne L. Elban
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Present Report ◽  
Crack Size ◽  
Strength Properties ◽  
Indentation Hardness ◽  
Mems Devices ◽  
Iron And Steel ◽  
Nano Scale ◽  
Silicon Crystals ◽  
Dependent Strain

Higher strength levels, achieved for dimensionally-smaller micro- and nano-scale materials or material components, such as MEMS devices, are an important enabler of a broad range of present-day engineering devices and structures. Beyond such applications, there is an important effort to understand the dislocation mechanics basis for obtaining such improved strength properties. Four particular examples related to these issues are described in the present report: (1) a compilation of nano-indentation hardness measurements made on silicon crystals spanning nano- to micro-scale testing; (2) stress–strain measurements made on iron and steel materials at micro- to nano-crystal (grain size) dimensions; (3) assessment of small dislocation pile-ups relating to Griffith-type fracture stress vs. crack-size calculations for cleavage fracturing of α-iron; and (4) description of thermally-dependent strain rate sensitivities for grain size strengthening and weakening for macro- to micro- to nano-polycrystalline copper and nickel materials.

scholarly journals Dislocation Mechanics Pile-Up and Thermal Activation Roles in Metal Plasticity and Fracturing

Metals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald Armstrong
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Thermal Activation ◽  
Crack Size ◽  
Dislocation Model ◽  
Square Root ◽  
Steel Material ◽  
Dislocation Mechanics ◽  
Pile Up ◽  
Size Characterization

Dislocation pile-up and thermal activation influences on the deformation and fracturing behaviors of polycrystalline metals are briefly reviewed, as examples of dislocation mechanics applications to understanding mechanical properties. To start, a reciprocal square root of grain size dependence was demonstrated for historical hardness measurements reported for cartridge brass, in line with a similar Hall-Petch grain size characterization of stress-strain measurements made on conventional grain size and nano-polycrystalline copper, nickel, and aluminum materials. Additional influences of loading rate (and temperature) were shown to be included in a dislocation model thermal activation basis, for calculated deformation shapes of impacted solid cylinders of copper and Armco iron materials. Connection was established for such grain size, temperature, and strain rate influences on the brittle fracturing transition exhibited by steel and other related metals. Lastly, for AISI 1040 steel material, a fracture mechanics based failure stress dependence on the inverse square root of crack size was shown to approach the yield stress at a very small crack size, also in line with a Hall-Petch dependence of the stress intensity on polycrystal grain size.

Determination of Critical Crack Size Utilizing a Fracture Mechanics Test in Equipment Under Fatigue

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Garcia Garcia ◽  
Radoslav Stefanovic
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Fracture Mechanics ◽  
Crack Size ◽  
Operational Experience ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Critical Crack ◽  
Circumferential Welds ◽  
Fea Model ◽  
Critical Crack Size

Equipment that is exposed to severe operational pressure and thermal cycling, like coke drums, usually suffer fatigue. As a result, equipment of this sort develop defects such as cracking in the circumferential welds. Operating companies are faced with the challenges of deciding what is the best way to prevent these defects, as well as determining how long they could operate if a defect is discovered. This paper discusses a methodology for fracture mechanics testing of coke drum welds, and calculations of the critical crack size. Representative samples are taken from production materials, and are welded employing production welding procedures. The material of construction is 1.25Cr-0.5Mo low alloy steel conforming to ASME SA-387 Gr 11 Class 2 in the normalized and tempered condition (N&T). Samples from three welding procedures (WPS) are tested: one for production, one for a repair with heat treatment, and one for repair without heat treatment. The position and orientation of test specimen are chosen based on previous surveys and operational experience on similar vessels that exhibited cracks during service. Fracture mechanics toughness testing is performed. Crack finite element analysis (FEA) model is used to determine the path-independed JI-integral driving force. Methodology for the determination of critical crack size is developed.

Grain-size-dependent gas-sensing properties of TiO2 nanomaterials

2015 ◽  
Vol 211 ◽  
pp. 67-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Lyson-Sypien ◽  
M. Radecka ◽  
M. Rekas ◽  
K. Swierczek ◽  
K. Michalow-Mauke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Gas Sensing ◽  
Sensing Properties ◽  
Size Dependent ◽  
Gas Sensing Properties ◽  
Tio2 Nanomaterials
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