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Title: Relationships between fracture toughness and other material properties. Final report

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5258300· OSTI ID:5258300

The key experimental and analytical studies which have led to our present understanding of the mechanisms of ductile fracture are reviewed. It is concluded that insufficient progress has been made in the quantitative description of ductile separation mechanisms on a microscale to allow the realistic prediction of fracture toughness from material properties and microstructure. An experimental study of ductile fracture is underway which has the aim of determining the growth rate of voids in known plastic deformation fields as a function of triaxiality of stress and material work-hardening. Novel specimens of particularly well characterized microstructure are utilized.

Research Organization:
California Univ., Berkeley (USA). Coll. of Engineering
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
5258300
Report Number(s):
UCRL-13688; TRN: 78-003861
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English