TY - BOOK
T1 - Influence of side-groove root radius on the ductile fracture toughness of miniature C(T) specimens
AU - Lucon, Enrico
AU - Scibetta, Marc
N1 - RN - BLG-1064
AI - General Framework Agreement SUEZ-SCK-CEN 2009
Task 2.5
Score = 2
PY - 2009/5
Y1 - 2009/5
N2 - The use of miniature C(T) specimens, MC(T), for fracture toughness measurements in the upper shelf regime has been investigated at SCK•CEN since 2004, in the framework of the Electrabel/Tractebel SCK•CEN Convention (now General Framework Agreement SUEZ-SCK•CEN). This geometry has been used and validated on both unirradiated (2004-05) and irradiated (2006) materials, mainly reactor pressure vessel (RPV) steels.
While side-grooved MC(T) specimens have shown in all conditions a systematically lower tearing resistance and ductile crack initiation toughness as compared to standard-size 1TC(T) samples, the only plain-sided MC(T) specimen tested in 2005 exhibited very high ductile fracture toughness, thus pointing at a strong influence of side-grooving on the upper shelf properties of MC(T) specimens.
This study investigates the influence of side-grooving on the initiation toughness and tearing resistance of MC(T) specimens, as a function of the root radius of the side-groove (ranging from 0.1 to 1 mm) and in comparison with plain-sided MC(T) and reference 1TC(T) samples. The material used is the well characterized DIN 22NiMoCr37 RPV steel, which had been used in the European project which generated the famous EURO fracture toughness data set.
AB - The use of miniature C(T) specimens, MC(T), for fracture toughness measurements in the upper shelf regime has been investigated at SCK•CEN since 2004, in the framework of the Electrabel/Tractebel SCK•CEN Convention (now General Framework Agreement SUEZ-SCK•CEN). This geometry has been used and validated on both unirradiated (2004-05) and irradiated (2006) materials, mainly reactor pressure vessel (RPV) steels.
While side-grooved MC(T) specimens have shown in all conditions a systematically lower tearing resistance and ductile crack initiation toughness as compared to standard-size 1TC(T) samples, the only plain-sided MC(T) specimen tested in 2005 exhibited very high ductile fracture toughness, thus pointing at a strong influence of side-grooving on the upper shelf properties of MC(T) specimens.
This study investigates the influence of side-grooving on the initiation toughness and tearing resistance of MC(T) specimens, as a function of the root radius of the side-groove (ranging from 0.1 to 1 mm) and in comparison with plain-sided MC(T) and reference 1TC(T) samples. The material used is the well characterized DIN 22NiMoCr37 RPV steel, which had been used in the European project which generated the famous EURO fracture toughness data set.
KW - MC(T) specimens
KW - upper shelf regime
KW - RPV steels
KW - side-grooving
KW - 22NiMoCr37
UR - http://ecm.sckcen.be/OTCS/llisapi.dll/open/ezp_97500
UR - http://knowledgecentre.sckcen.be/so2/bibref/5805
M3 - BLG - Open report
VL - 1
T3 - SCK•CEN Reports
BT - Influence of side-groove root radius on the ductile fracture toughness of miniature C(T) specimens
PB - SCK CEN
ER -