THE FRACTURE-TOUGHNESS TESTING OF CENTER-CRACKED TENSILE SPECIMENS USING THE UNLOADING COMPLIANCE TECHNIQUE

Authors
NEALE BK
Citation
Bk. Neale, THE FRACTURE-TOUGHNESS TESTING OF CENTER-CRACKED TENSILE SPECIMENS USING THE UNLOADING COMPLIANCE TECHNIQUE, Engineering fracture mechanics, 59(4), 1998, pp. 487
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Mechanics
Journal title
Engineering fracture mechanics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00137944
Volume
59
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-7944(1998)59:4<487:TFTOCT>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The unloading compliance technique has been developed for the crack gr owth fracture resistance (J-Delta a) measurement of a material using c entre-cracked tensile (CCT) specimens. This paper describes and assess es the accuracy of the technique based on the J-Delta a data measured for BS4360 Grade 43A steel. The CCT data are also compared with the re sults obtained using pre-cracked Charpy specimens. (C) 1998 Elsevier S cience Ltd. All rights reserved.