Supersmall punch test to estimate fracture toughness JIc and its application to radiation embrittlement of 2.25Cr-1Mo steel
✍ Scribed by X Mao; H Takahashi; T Kodaira
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 493 KB
- Volume
- 150
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0921-5093
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✦ Synopsis
A supersmall punch test has been used to extract fracture strain information on irradiated 2.25Cr-lMo steel from transmission electron microscopy disc specimens as small as 3 mm in diameter and 0.25 mm in thickness. The test is based on driving a steel ball punch through a clamped specimen. The size effect of biaxial equivalent fracture strain of various kinds of materials and irradiated steel has been demonstrated. The results of fracture strain obtained from specimens 3 mm in diameter has been related almost linearly to the fracture toughness J~c for elastic and plastic behaviour. The relationship between fracture strain and fracture toughness J~c has been verified for the irradiated nuclear pressure vessel steel 2.25Cr-lMo so that large amounts of irradiation space in nuclear reactor could be saved.