Application of T33-Stress to Predict the Lower Bound Fracture Toughness for Increasing the Test Specimen Thickness in the Transition Temperature Region

This work was motivated by the fact that although fracture toughness of a material in the ductile-to-brittle transition temperature region Jc exhibits the test specimen thickness (TST) effect on Jc, frequently described as Jc∝(TST)-1/2, experiences a contradiction that is deduced from this empirical...

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Main Authors: Kai Lu, Toshiyuki Meshii
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/269137