Change of fracture mode in Charpy toughness transition temperature range

Abstract

A transition layer of width 5 - 10 μm was found on the boundary between ductile and brittle fracture for Charpy V notch specimens in the transition temperature range of a structural steel having a microstructure of polygonal ferrite -pearlite. The fracture mode in the transition layer was shearing with occasional submicrometre dimples. From tensile tests on notched specimens, the cleavage fracture stress and flow stress by ductile decohesion were determined. Based on the experimental data and the assumption that the volume of metal involved in the plastic deformation during fracture was related to the volume of the dimples, it was deduced that the transition layer width represents the size of the plastic zone immediately before cleavage initiation. The crack opening displacement and the crack tip radius for the change of fracture mode were calculated.

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