ISSN:
1573-2673
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Abstract The local approach was recently proposed by Beremin and Mudry for evaluating the statistical behaviour of toughness results of materials. This approach introduces a stress parameter σ w , termed the Weibull stress, as a measure of the fracture resistance of materials instead of the conventional toughness parameters such as K c, δ c and J cl (critical stress intensity factor, CTOD and J-integral, respectively). The Weibull stress σ w obeys the Weibull distribution with the two parameters m and σ u (the shape and the scale parameter, respectively). The first parameter m is normally estimated to be 22 irrespective of the kind of material. In this paper a procedure for the determination of the Weibull parameters m and σ u is developed. This procedure consists of the determination of the plastic zone ahead of the crack tip, from which cleavage fracture originates, and of the maximum likelihood estimation of the parameters m and σ u based on the stress distribution in the plastic zone. Calculations using this procedure confirm that the distribution of the Weibull stress σ w is a material property independent of specimen thickness, and in particular that the shape parameter m depends on the material, e.g. m≃12 for a German reactor pressure vessel steel (20 Mn Mo Ni 5 5). Using these parameters for the distribution of the Weibull stress the size effect in fracture toughness values is predicted and an improved agreement between theory and experiments is obtained compared to the Weakest Link model.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00035355
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