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Influence of temperature and strain rate on crack toughness of mild steel

Shoemaker, Alan Kent

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Title
Influence of temperature and strain rate on crack toughness of mild steel
Author(s)
Shoemaker, Alan Kent
Issue Date
1962-11
Keyword(s)
  • Temperature
  • Strain Rate
  • Crack Toughness
  • Steel
Abstract
The purpose of this report is to show, using fracture mechanics concepts, that the crack toughness values of a low carbon steel (four mild steels are examined in this report) vary according to parameter which predicts the yield point for different combinations of temperature and strain rate. The analysis shows that the governing factor controlling the change in KIC* is the change in plastic zone size at the crack tip which changes with yield point. The yield point is controlled by the temperature and strain rate in the form of a parameter, T ln A/ ϵ ̇. Data from notched plate specimens and Krafft’s and Sullivan’s data on notched round specimens (26) indicated that KIC* is a single valued function of the parameter T ln A/ ϵ ̇. KIC* values decreased with a decrease in temperature and an increase in strain rate. Although a rigorous analytical treatment is not available at this time, the data substantiate the dependence of KIC* values on the parameter T ln A/ ϵ ̇.
Publisher
Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. College of Engineering. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Series/Report Name or Number
  • TAM R 235
  • 1967-0531
ISSN
0073-5264
Type of Resource
text
Language
eng
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/111953
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
Department of the Army, Project No. 59901007, U.S. Army Research Office (Durham), Project No. 3216-MC, Grant No. DA-ARO(D)-31-124-G148
Copyright and License Information
Copyright 1962 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

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