scholarly journals Effect of Plastic Strain on Elastic-Plastic Fracture Toughness of SM490 Carbon Steel (Assessment by Stress-Based Criterion for Ductile Crack Initiation)

2012 ◽  
Vol 61 (12) ◽  
pp. 932-939 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masayuki KAMAYA
Author(s):  
Masahiro Takanashi ◽  
Satoshi Izumi ◽  
Shinsuke Sakai ◽  
Naoki Miura

In the present study, the transferability of elastic-plastic fracture toughness from a small-scale to a large-scale specimen was experimentally confirmed for carbon steel pipe with mild toughness. Fracture toughness tests were carried out on a pipe specimen 318.5 mm in outer diameter, 10.3 mm in thickness and having a through-wall crack, and also on a compact tension specimen 9.7mm in thickness, 25.4 mm in width, that had been cut out from the pipe specimen. Test results indicated the J-integral value of the pipe specimen at the crack initiation to be nearly twice that of the CT specimen. Finite element analysis conducted on the two specimens indicated this difference to arise primarily from the constraint near the crack front. Discussion was also made of the effects of crack orientation on elastic-plastic fracture toughness of CT specimens. The J-integral value at crack initiation in the specimen whose crack direction coincided with the pipe axial was found to be almost 54 % more than for specimens whose crack direction was circumferential.


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