Issue 46

I. Čamagić et alii, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 46 (2018) 371-382; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.34 376 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 WM-1-1 20 O C Stress, R, MPa Elongation, A, % 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 WM-2-1 540 o C Stress, R, MPa Elongation, A, % Figure 5 : Stress-elongation diagram for WM specimen, WM-1-1 (left) and WM specimen WM-2-1 (right) D ETERMINATION OF PLANE STRAIN FRACTURE TOUGHNESS , K I C he impact of exploitation conditions, i.e. exploitation time and temperature on tendency to brittle fracture of the new and exploited PM, as well as the components of welded joint (WM and HAZ) was evaluated by determining the plane strain fracture toughness, that is, critical value of stress intensity factor, K Ic . The testing was performed at room temperature of 20  C and working temperature of 540  C. For determination of, K Ic , at room temperature the three point bending specimen (SEB) were used, whose geometry is defined by ASTM E399, [8], and ASTM E1820 standards, [9]. For determination of K Ic at working temperature of 540  C the modified CT tensile specimens were used, whose geometry is in accordance with BS 7448 Part 1, standard, [10]. Fracture toughness, K Ic , is determined indirectly through critical J-integral, J Ic , using elastic-plastic fracture mechanics (EPFM) defined by ASTM E813, [11], ASTM E 1737, [12], ASTM E1820, [9] and BS 7448 Part 1 and 2, [10, 13] standards, that is, by monitoring the crack development in the conditions of plasticity. The American society for testing and materials (ASTM) has established a standard procedure for obtaining the crack growth resistance curves of metallic materials, [12]. The improvement of the standard was carried out within the framework of the European Structural Integrity Society ESIS, [14]. Some of the solutions of this standard are also adopted in this paper and refer to the determination of fitted regression line. Standards, [8, 9, 11, 12, 15-17], regularly updates, and it is very important to make sure that the latest versions are applied. The experiments are carried out by the testing method of a single specimen by successive partial unload, i.e. by the single specimen permeability method, as defined by ASTM E813, standard,  11  . Based on the obtained data, J-  a curve is constructed on which the regression line is constructed according to ASTM E1152, [16]. From the obtained regression line the critical J-integral, J Ic , is obtained. Knowing the value of critical, J Ic , integral, the value of critical stress intensity factor or plane strain fracture toughness, K Ic , can be calculated using the dependence: 2 1 Ic Ic J E K     (1) Calculated values of critical stress intensity factor, K Ic , are given in tab. 8 for notched specimens in new PM, and in tab. 9 for notched specimens in exploited PM, tested at room temperature of 20  C and working temperature of 540  C, [1]. It is important to point out that in calculation of plane strain fracture toughness, K Ic , one value was used for elastic modulus at room temperature (210GPa) and other value for increased temperatures (approximately 160GPa for 5400C). By applying basic formula of fracture mechanics: Ic c K a      (2) T