Abstract
The Master Curve methodology is a statistical,
theoretical, micromechanism based, analysis method for
fracture toughness in the ductile to brittle transition
region. The method, originally developed at VTT
Manufacturing Technology" simultaneously account for the
scatter, size effects and temperature dependence of
fracture toughness. The method has been successfully
applied to a very large number of different ferritic
steels and it forms the basis of the ASTM testing
standard for fracture toughness testing in the transition
region. The Master Curve (MC) methodology has evolved
from only being a brittle fracture testing and analysis
procedure to a technological tool capable of addressing
many more structural integrity issues like constraint and
parameter transferability. Here, some recent advances of
the technology are presented. The advances include eg.
constraint adjustment, description of warm pre-stress
effects, analysis of inhomogenous materials and
assessment of real three-dimensional flaws.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 11th International Conference on Fracture 2005, ICF 11 |
| Publisher | Curran Associates Inc. |
| Pages | 4211-4216 |
| Volume | 6 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-61782-063-2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | 11th International Conference on Fracture, IFC11 - Turin, Italy Duration: 20 Mar 2005 → 25 Mar 2005 Conference number: 11 |
Conference
| Conference | 11th International Conference on Fracture, IFC11 |
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| Abbreviated title | IFC11 |
| Country/Territory | Italy |
| City | Turin |
| Period | 20/03/05 → 25/03/05 |
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