This paper summarizes efforts funded by TransCanada PipeLine Limited on improving the methodology for predicting a true measure of the dynamic steady-state fracture toughness of line-pipe steels using a single mill test specimen. In the past, ductile fracture methodologies generally involved using the Charpy V-notch test to empirically quantify the material dynamic ductile fracture propagation resistance. However, due to its geometry, the use of the Charpy test has proven to be unreliable for high-toughness materials, for materials that have rising-shelf energies, and for higher-grade steels (relative to those for which correlations were originally established). An improved methodology for characterizing the dynamic ductile fracture resistance is to utilize the energy from a full-thickness impact specimen, of which the Drop-Weight Tear Test (DWTT) specimen is the most frequently used type. It has been demonstrated that the total energy from a DWTT-type specimen includes; (1) the energy associated with initiation of the crack (including indentation energy and yielding of the specimen), (2) the energy for transient crack growth from initiation to reaching steady-state fracture, (3) steady-state fracture energy, and (4) a non-steady-state fracture energy region at the end of the test. During the steady-state fracture region it was observed that both the crack velocity and constant crack-tip-opening angle (CTOA) remained constant. This paper presents the results of an investigation aimed at identifying a single specimen that will capture only the steady-state fracture energy present in standard DWTT specimens. Detailed experiments and three-dimensional finite element analyses were used to verify various procedures for eliminating the initiation energy and the residual energy at the end of the tests. A non-instrumented modified specimen, the back-slotted, static-precracked DWTT (BS-SPC-DWTT) specimen, has been developed from the results of these analyses. Energy results from this specimen, for a variety of line-pipe steels, are presented. A correlation between these energies and the propagation energy from standard DWTT specimen is presented. This correlation will aid in the methodology for predicting axial crack arrest in line-pipe steels having higher toughness, a rising upper shelf, or a higher grade.


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    Titel :

    Investigation into the use of a single specimen for the determination of dynamic steady state propagation resistance in high toughness line-pipe steels


    Beteiligte:
    Rudland, D.L. (Autor:in) / Wilkowski, G. (Autor:in) / Wang, Yong-Yi (Autor:in) / Horsley, D. (Autor:in) / Rothwell, B. (Autor:in) / Glover, A. (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2002


    Format / Umfang :

    5 Seiten, 10 Quellen


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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