Drop-Weight Tear Test—Effect of Variables on Test Results

2009 ◽  
pp. 224-224-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
TG Heberling ◽  
GE Selby
Keyword(s):  
Test Results ◽  
Drop Weight ◽  
Drop Weight Tear Test

Flow Behaviour and Ductile Fracture Toughness of a High Toughness Steel

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Xu ◽  
R. Bouchard ◽  
W. R. Tyson
Keyword(s):  
Flow Stress ◽  
Ductile Fracture ◽  
Tensile Tests ◽  
Test Method ◽  
Opening Angle ◽  
Absorbed Energy ◽  
Crack Propagation Resistance ◽  
High Toughness ◽  
Drop Weight ◽  
Drop Weight Tear Test

This paper reports results of tests on flow and ductile fracture of a very high toughness steel with Charpy V-notch absorbed energy (CVN energy) at room temperature of 471 J. The microstructure of the steel is bainite/ferrite and its strength is equivalent to X80 grade. The flow stress was determined using tensile tests at temperatures between 150°C and −147°C and strain rates of 0.00075, 0.02 and 1 s−1, and was fitted to a proposed constitutive equation. Charpy tests were carried out at an initial impact velocity of 5.1 ms−1 using drop-weight machines (maximum capacity of 842 J and 4029 J). The samples were not broken during the test, i.e. they passed through the anvils after significant bending deformation with only limited crack growth. Most of the absorbed energy was due to deformation. There was little effect of excess energy on absorbed energy up to 80% of machine capacity (i.e. the validity limit of ASTM E 23). As an alternative to the CVN energy, the crack tip opening angle (CTOA) measured using the drop-weight tear test (DWTT) has been proposed as a material parameter to characterize crack propagation resistance. Preliminary work on evaluating CTOA using the two-specimen CTOA test method is presented. The initiation energy is eliminated by using statically precracked test specimens. Account is taken of the geometry change of the specimens (e.g. thickening under the hammer) on the rotation factor and of the effect of strain rate on flow stress.

Instrumented drop-weight test results for normalised and tempered 9Cr1Mo steel

1996 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Moitra ◽  
P.R. Sreenivasan ◽  
S.K. Ray ◽  
S.L. Mannan
Keyword(s):  
Test Results ◽  
Drop Weight ◽  
Weight Test ◽  
Drop Weight Test

New Computational Procedures for Evaluation of Fracture Surfaces of the Drop Weight Tear Test of the Piping Steel

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavel Zˇidli´k ◽  
Petr Ferfecki ◽  
Bohumi´r Strnadel
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Surface ◽  
Ductile Fracture ◽  
Unstable Fracture ◽  
Fracture Surfaces ◽  
Drop Weight ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Drop Weight Tear Test ◽  
Computational Procedures ◽  
New Procedures

Drop weight tear test (DWTT) is one of the standard methods for evaluation of the ductility of large-dimensional structural components, such as pipelines used for gas and/or oil transportation. In general, the pipelines are even used in places with temperatures close to −40 °C, and in such environments, it is necessary to guarantee the resistance of the material used for pipeline against the initiation of unstable fracture. Currently, the percentage portion of the ductile fracture of the DWTT specimen is determined by an expert evaluator. The objective of this paper is to introduce new procedures working on the principle of deterministic, statistical and fractal description of the fracture surface. For the proposed computational procedures, the fracture surface of the test specimen is scanned at the macroscopic level using the 3D-Cam scanner. The newly investigated procedures show highly sensitive to the determination of the percentage portion of the ductile fracture on the tested DWTT specimens. The developed procedures to assess the fracture surfaces of the DWTT specimens contributes to making the results of this test more correct, objective and also increases the reliability and safety of the manufactured pipelines.

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