Cleavage Fracture of Steel in the Ductile-Brittle Transition Region

2008 ◽  
pp. 196-196-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
AR Rosenfield ◽  
DK Shetty
Keyword(s):  
Transition Region ◽  
Cleavage Fracture ◽  
Brittle Transition

The Weibull Stress Model for Predicting Cleavage Fracture in the Ductile-to-Brittle Transition Region

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaosheng Gao ◽  
Jason P. Petti ◽  
Robert H. Dodds
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Transition Region ◽  
Cleavage Fracture ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Ferritic Steels ◽  
Stress Model ◽  
Brittle Transition ◽  
Ductile To Brittle Transition ◽  
Constraint Effects ◽  
Weibull Stress

Transgranular cleavage fracture in the ductile-to-brittle transition region of ferritic steels often leads to spectacular and catastrophic failures of engineering structures. Due to the strongly stochastic effects of metallurgical scale inhomogenieties together with the nonlinear mechanical response from plastic deformation, the measured fracture toughness data exhibit a large degree of scatter and a strong dependence on constraint. This has stimulated an increasing amount of research over the past two decades, among which the Weibull stress model originally proposed by the Beremin group has gained much popularity. This model is based on weakest link statistics and provides a framework to quantify the relationship between macro and microscale driving forces for cleavage fracture. It has been successfully applied to predict constraint effects on cleavage fracture and on the scatter of macroscopic fracture toughness values. This paper provides a brief review of the research conducted by the authors in recent years to extend the engineering applicability of the Weibull stress model to predict cleavage fracture in ferritic steels. These recent efforts have introduced a threshold value in the Weibull stress model, introduced more robust calibration methods for determination of model parameters, predicted experimentally observed constraint effects, demonstrated temperature and loading rate effects on the model parameters, and expanded the original Beremin model to include the effects of microcrack nucleation.

Prediction of SENB Fracture Toughness From Charpy Data Using the Beremin Model in the Lower Transition Region

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin J. Smith ◽  
Andrew H. Sherry ◽  
Adam C. Bannister ◽  
Anthony J. Horn
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Transition Region ◽  
Cleavage Fracture ◽  
Ferritic Steel ◽  
Transition Curve ◽  
Charpy Specimen ◽  
Absorbed Energy ◽  
Brittle Transition ◽  
Lower Transition ◽  
Ductile To Brittle Transition

This work focuses on the application of a mechanistic local approach model to describe the statistical distribution of experimental Charpy (CVN) impact test data obtained at several temperatures in the ductile to brittle transition temperature range. The current objective is to develop a correlation in the lower transition regime between quasi-static CVN absorbed energy (CVE) and the J-integral fracture toughness (Jc) obtained from deeply pre-cracked Charpy (PCCVN) specimens tested quasi-statically to laboratory test standards. The Beremin model for cleavage fracture has been applied to a ferritic steel which has been comprehensively tested using standard CVN, shallow U-notched and PCCVN specimen types in the lower ductile to brittle transition. This has enabled a prediction to be made of the absorbed CVE at cleavage fracture initiation for a Charpy specimen tested quasi-statically in the lower part of the CVN transition curve. By applying the Beremin model to PCCVN single edge notch bend specimens at quasi-static rates it was possible to use the Weibull stress, to achieve a reliable correlation between CVE and Jc in the lower ductile to brittle transition region. The results from this work indicate that the Beremin model can provide a theoretically based correlation for CVE to Jc fracture toughness for a ferritic steel under quasi-static loading conditions. The overall objective of the project remains to predict dynamic CVN absorbed energy using micromechanical modelling and which is valid for all ferritic steels.

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