Constraint-dependent CTOA determination for stable ductile crack growth
- Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC (United States)
- Independent Consultant, Martinez, GA (United States)
- Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (United States)
The crack tip opening angle (CTOA) has been used as a reliable fracture toughness to characterize stable crack growth for thin-wall structures in low-constraint conditions. Recently, it is found that CTOA can also be utilized as a robust fracture parameter to describe the arrest fracture toughness for gas transmission pipelines in ductile steels. For better understanding the concept of CTOA, this paper presents a brief review on the CTOA definitions and its test methods. And then, four CTOA models are developed for determining the CTOA toughness using conventional single edge notched bend (SENB) specimens, including the load–displacement linear fit model, the logarithmic load–displacement linear fit model, the stable tearing energy model, and the J-differentiation model. Here fracture test data from SENB specimens in A285 carbon steel are employed to evaluate the proposed CTOA models. The results show that these CTOA models can determine either identical or comparable critical CTOA values for stable ductile crack growth using the SENB specimens. A constraint-corrected CTOA resistance curve and a constraint-corrected critical CTOA equation are also obtained for A285 carbon steel.
- Research Organization:
- Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States); Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
- Grant/Contract Number:
- 89303321CEM000080
- OSTI ID:
- 1899552
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1962949
- Report Number(s):
- SRNL-STI-2022-00343; TRN: US2310999
- Journal Information:
- Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 271; ISSN 0013-7944
- Publisher:
- ElsevierCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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