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STP 1074
Fracture Mechanics:
Twenty-First Symposium
J. P. Gudas, J. A. Joyce, and E. M. Hackett, editors
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Foreword
The ASTM Twenty-First National Symposium on Fracture Mechanics was held in
Annapolis, Maryland, on 28-30 June 1988. Its sponsor was Committee E-24 on Fracture
Testing.
The co-chairmen for this symposium were John P. Gudas, David Taylor Research Center;
James A. Joyce, United States Naval Academy; and Edwin M. Hackett, David Taylor
Research Center. They have also served as editors of this volume.
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Contents
Introduction ix
ELASTIC-PLASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS (I)
An Analytical Comparison of Short Crack and Deep Crack CrOD Fracture
Specimens of an A36 Steel--w.A. SOREM, R. H. DODDS, JR., AND S. T. ROLFE
Direct J-R Curve Analysis: A Guide to the Methodology--R. HERRERA AND
J. D. LANDES
Application of the Method of Caustics to J-Testing with Standard Specimen
Geometries--R. J. SANFORD AND R. W. JUDY, JR.
Extrapolation of C(T) Specimen J-R Curves--G. M. WILKOWSKI, C. W. MARSCHALL,
AND M. P. LANDOW
Application of J-Integral and Modified J-Integral to Cases of Large Crack
Extension--J. A. JOYCE, D. A. DAVIS, E. M. HACKETT, AND R. A. HAYS
24
44
56
85
DYNAMIC FRACTURE
Impact Fracture of a Tough Ductile Steel--A. s. DOUGLAS AND M. S. SUH
Dynamic Fracture Behavior of a Structural Steel--K. CliO, J. P. SKLENAK, AND
J. DUFFY
Discussion
Dynamic Key-Curves for Brittle Fracture Impact Tests and Establishment of a
Transition Time--w. BOHME
Explosive Testing of Full Thickness Precracked Weldments--L. N. GI~ORD,
J. R. CARLBERG, A. J. WIGGS, AND J. B. SICKLES
Magnetic Emission Detection of Crack Iuitiation--s. R. WINKLER
TRANSITION FRACTURE
Effect of Biaxial Loading on A533B in Ductile-Brittle Transition--s. J. CARWOOD,
T. G. DAVEY, AND Y. C. WONG
109
126
143
144
157
178
195
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Fracture Toughness in the Transition Regime for A533B-I Steel: The Effect of
Specimen Sidegrooving--E. MORLAND
Analysis of Fracture Toughness Data for Modified SA508 C12 in the Ductile-toBrittle Transition Region--M. T. MIGLIN, C. S. WADE, AND
W. A. VAN DER SLUYS
Discussion
Effects of Warm Pre-Stressing on the Transition Toughness Behavior of an A533
Grade B Class 1 Pressure Vessel Steel--r). LIDBURY AND P. BIRKETT
215
238
263
264
ELASTIC-PLASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS (II)
Unique Elastic-Plastic R-Curves: Fact or Fiction?--M. R. ETEMAD AND
C. E. TURNER
Adhesive Fracture Testing--M. F. MECKLENBURG, C. O. ARAH, D. McNAMARA,
H. HAND, AND J. A. JOYCE
Discussion
Evaluation of Elastic-Plastic Surface Flaw Behavior and Related Parameters
Using Surface Displacement Measurements--w. R. LLOYD AND
W. G. REUTER
289
307
319
322
MICROMECHANICS OF FRACTURE
Effect of Dynamic Strain Aging on Fracture Resistance of Carbon Steels
Operating at Light-Water Reactor Temperatures--c. w. MARSCHALL,
M. P. LANDOW, AND G. M. WILKOWSKI
Prediction of Fracture Toughness by Local Fracture Criterion--T. MIYATA,
A. OTSUKA~ M. MITSUBAYASHI, T. HAZE, AND S. AIHARA
Microscopic Aspects of Ductile Tearing Resistance in AISI Type 303 Stainless
Steel--A. SAXENA, D. C. DALY, H. A. ERNST, AND K. BANE1LII
Microstructure and Fracture Toughness of Cast and Forged Ultra-High-Strength,
Low-Alloy (UHSLA) Steels--J. ZEMAN, S. ROLC, J. BUCHAR, AND J. POKLUDA
339
361
378
396
COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS
Simulation of Crack Growth and Crack Closure under Large Cyclic Plasticity--
K. S. KIM, R. H. VAN STONE, J. H. LAFLEN, AND T. W. ORANGE
Comparison of Elastic-Plastic Fracture Mechanics Techniques--F. w. BRUST,
M. NAKAGAKI, AND P. GILLLES
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448
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Treatment of Singularities in a Middle-Crack Tension Specimen--
K. N. SHIVAKUMAR AND I. S. RAJU
Assessment of Influence Function for Elliptical Cracks Subjected to Uniform
Tension and to Pure Bending--M. PORE
Finite Element Meshing Criteria for Crack Problems--w. n. GERSTLE AND
J. E. ABDALLA, JR.
470
490
509
FRACTURE MECHANICS APPLICATIONS
Application of the CEGB Failure Assessment Procedure, R6, to Surface Flaws--
G. G. CHELL
Method and Models for R-Curve Instability Calculations--T. w. ORANGE
525
545
FRACTURE MECHANICS TESTING
Closure Measurements via a Generalized Threshold Concept---G. MARCI,
D. E. CASTRO, AND V. BACHMANN
Use of the Direct-Current Electric Potential Method to Monitor Large Amounts
of Crack Growth in Highly Ductile Metals----c. w. MARSCHALL, P. R. HELD,
M. P. LANDOW, AND P. N. MINCER
Load-Point Compliance for the Arc-Bend/Arc-Support Fracture Toughness
Specimen--F. I. BARATTA, J. A. KAPP, AND D. S. SAUNDERS
Author Index
Subject Index
563
581
594
613
615
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Introduction
The success of the Twenty-First National Symposium on Fracture Mechanics, held on
28-30 June 1988 in Annapolis, Maryland, and sponsored by ASTM Committee E-24 on
Fracture Testing, demonstrated the continued rapid development occurring in this field.
Papers were solicited from all areas of fracture mechanics and its applications. Contributions
representing a wide range of topics came from the United States and six foreign countries.
New work is presented in elastic-plastic fracture, dynamic fracture, transition fracture in
steels, micromechanical aspects of the fracture process, computational mechanics, fracture
mechanics testing, and applications of this technology. Each area poses its own challenges,
and developments proceed somewhat independently. This volume aids the researcher in
keeping abreast of these varied aspects of the discipline of fracture mechanics.
The diligent work of the Symposium Organizing Committee, the authors, and the reviewers is gratefully appreciated. We would particularly like to recognize the efforts of the ASTM
staff including Mr. Hans Greene, Ms. Kathy Friend, Ms. Wendy Dyer, Ms. Kathy Greene,
Ms. Monica Armata, Ms. Rita Harhut, and Mr. Allan Kleinberg. Finally, the assistance of
Mrs. Mary Cropley and Ms. Amanda Ewen of the David Taylor Research Center is gratefully
acknowledged.
J. P. Gudas
J. A. Joyce
E. M. Hackett
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Elastic-Plastic Fracture Mechanics (I)
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IV. A. Sorem, ~ R. H. Dodds, Jr., 2 and S. T. Rolf8 3
An Analytical Comparison of Short Crack and
Deep Crack CTOD Fracture Specimens of an
A36 Steel
REFERENCE: Sorem, W. A., Dodds, R. H., Jr., and Rolfe, S. T., "An Analytical Comparison
of Short Crack and Deep Crack CTOD Fracture Specimens of an A36 Steel," Fracture
Mechanics: Twenty-First Symposium, ASTM STP 1074, J. P. Gudas, J. A. Joyce, and E. M.
Hackett, Eds., American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, 1990, pp. 3-23.
ABSTRACT: The effect of crack-depth to specimen-width ratio on crack tip opening displacement (CTOD) fracture toughness is an important consideration in relating the results of laboratory tests to the behavior of actual structures. Deeply cracked three-point bend specimens
with crack-depth to specimen-width ratios (a/W) of 0.50 are most often used in laboratory
tests. However, to evaluate specific weld microstructures or the behavior of structures with
shallow surface cracks, specimens with a~ W ratios much less than 0.50 often are required. Laboratory tests reveal that three-point bend specimens with short cracks (a/W = 0.15) exhibit
significantly larger critical CTOD values than specimens with deep cracks (a/W = 0.5) up to
the point of ductile initiation.
In this study, finite element analyses are employed to compare the elastic-plastic behavior of
square (cross-section) three-point bend specimens with crack-depth to specimen-width ratios
(a/W) ranging between 0.50 and 0.05. The two-dimensional analysis of the specimen with an
a/Wratio of0.15 reveals a fundamental change in the deformation pattern from the deep crack
deformation pattern. The plastic zone extends to the free surface behind the crack concurrent
with the development of a plastic hinge. For shorter cracks (a/W = 0. l0 and 0.05), the plastic
zone extends to the free surface behind the crack pnor to the development of a plastic hinge.
For longer cracks (a/W > 0.20), a plastic hinge develops before the plastic zone extends to the
free surface behind the crack.
These results prompted further study of specimens with an a/W ratio of 0.15 using threedimensional, elastic-plastic finite element analyses. Results of the short crack (a/W = 0.15)
analysis are compared to the results of the deep crack (a/W = 0.50) analysis reported previously by the authors. In the linear-elastic regime (characterized by small-scale plastic deformation) the relationship of stress ahead of the crack tip to CTOD is identical for the short crack
and the deep crack specimens. At identical CTOD levels in the elastic-plastic regime (largescale plasticity, hinge formation), the crack tip stress is significantly lower for specimens with
a~ W = 0.15 than for specimens with a~ W = 0.50. Correspondingly, at equivalent stress levels,
the CTOD for the short crack is approximately 2.5 times the CTOD for the deep crack. This
observation has considerable significance in the application of CTOD results to failure analysis
or specification development where the fracture mechanism is cleavage preceded by significant
crack tip plasticity.
KEY WORDS: elastic-plastm fracture mechanics, CTOD, crack depth, short crack, toughness,
finite element, constraint
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045; currently at Exxon Production Research Company,
Houston, TX 77252.
2 University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801.
3 University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045.
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4 FRACTURE MECHANICS: TWENTY-FIRST SYMPOSIUM
The crack-depth to specimen-width ratio (a/W) has a significant effect on the fracture
toughness results in the elastic-plastic regime where brittle fracture is preceded by significant
crack tip blunting but no ductile tearing. Typically, deep cracks (a/W = 0.5) are tested in
laboratory specimens to develop maximum constraint (stress triaxiality) at the crack tip and
therefore provide conservative estimates of material toughness. While this approach may be
appropriate for the general characterization of material fracture toughness, in the evaluation
of existing flaws in structures it is more appropriate to model the actual degree of constraint
present in the structural component. In weldments, for example, the testing of short cracks
becomes particularly important, since the region of lowest toughness does not necessarily
occur at a crack depth halfway through the specimen. With the variation of microstructures
through the heat-affected zone (HAZ) and local brittle zones (LBZs), it is probable that a
deeply cracked laboratory specimen would not produce the conservative fracture toughness
values expected.
Several methods of laboratory testing for fracture toughness within the elastic-plastic
regime are standardized. The two most widely used are the J-integral and the crack tip opening displacement (CTOD) test procedures. Both procedures could be extended to include
short crack specimens. Currently, the CTOD test procedure (BS 5762, "Methods for Crack
Opening Displacement Testing") has a major advantage in that it is the only standard which
allows testing throughout the entire realm of fracture toughness from linear-elastic to fullyplastic behavior. J-integral standards (e.g., ASTM E 813, "Jic, A Measure of Fracture Toughness") are currently limited to determining the initiation of ductile tearing (J~c), but have
often been extended to quantify brittle fracture (Jc) prior to initiation of ductile tearing.
Recent experimental investigations [I-7] have examined the effect of a/W ratio on the
fracture behavior of three-point bend specimens. Both critical values and ductile initiation
values of CTOD and J-integral were reported. A variety of materials were tested including
low-strength steels, high-strength steels, and weldments. The experimental studies [1-7] have
demonstrated CTOD and J-integral values for short crack specimens (a/W < 0.20) to be
significantly larger than for deep crack specimens (a/W = 0.50).
Most CTOD-based studies have used the BS 5762 CTOD versus crack mouth opening
displacement (CMOD) relation to analyze the behavior of short crack specimens. This relation is based on a small-scale yielding component and a plastic rotation component. A major
difficulty for CTOD testing is assessing the plastic rotation factor for specimens with a~ W
ratios less than 0.2. This rotation factor has been experimentally determined with dual clipgage techniques [3, 5] and rubber crack replication techniques [3, 4, 6, 7]. The rotation factor
for specimens with a~ W ratios of approximately 0.15 has been reported as low as 0.20 to as
high as 0.45.
This investigation focuses on three objectives. The first is to determine the a~ W ratio at
which the plastic zone extends from the crack tip to the free surface behind the crack for a
material with significant strain hardening. This a~ W ratio is expected to define the boundary
between short crack behavior and deep crack behavior. The second objective is to establish
a relationship to calculate CTOD from the measured load-CMOD record or alternative measurement of specimen response. Ideally, this relationship would merely extend the current
BS 5762 equation. The third objective is to determine the effects of the crack depth on
stresses near the crack tip in relation to the CTOD levels.
Finite element analyses are conducted to study the effect of crack depth on the nonlinear
behavior of CTOD fracture toughness test specimens. Two-dimensional (plane-stress and
plane-strain) analyses are conducted using the uniaxial stress-strain properties of an A36
steel. Square cross-section, three-point bend specimens with crack-depth to specimen-width
ratios (a/W) of 0.50, 0.20, 0.15, 0.10, and 0.05 are analyzed. The stress distributions are
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SOREM ET AL. ON SHORT AND DEEP CRACK FRACTURE SPECIMENS 5
straint. A three-dimensional, elastic-plastic analysis is performed on full-size (31.8 by 31.8
by 127 mm (1.25 by 1.25 by 5.0 in.)) and sub-size (12.7 by 12.7 by 50.8 mm (0.50 by 0.50
by 2.0 in.)) three-point bend specimens with a~ W ratios of 0.15. Comparisons of the numerical results demonstrate the effect of crack depth relative to specimen size and also the effect
of absolute crack depth. Results of the short crack (a/W = 0.15) CTOD specimens are compared to numerical results of the deep crack (a/W = 0.50) CTOD specimens previously
analyzed by Sorem et al. [8].
Material Properties
The material properties for the finite element analysis were taken from the corresponding
experimental study on a 31.8 mm (1.25 in.) thick A36 steel plate in its as-rolled condition.
The engineering stress-strain curve obtained from a standard 12.8 mm (0.505 in.) diameter
longitudinal tensile test conducted at a slow loading rate is shown in Fig. 1. The A36 steel
had an ultimate stress to yield stress ratio of 1.86 and a strain hardening exponent of 0.23.
Tensile tests were conducted at room temperature and thus typify the stress-strain properties
over a temperature range of 0*C (32~ to 2 I*C (70*F). These temperatures corresponded to
the transition region between brittle and ductile behavior of the A36 steel.
Finite Element Analysis Procedure
Elastic-plastic finite element analyses were conducted on square three-point bend specimens with a/W ratios ranging from 0.05 to 0.50. Finite element meshes for two of these
specimens are shown in Fig. 2. The analyses predicted the deformation for both small- and
large-scale plasticity with no simulation of crack growth. The finite element solutions
employed the conventional, linear strain-displacement relations based on small geometry
500,
400
"~" 3oo 13..
~200
100
0
0.0
e-- FINITE ELEMENT
INPUT MODIFICATION
TEST DATA
, J I , , ~ I , , ,
0.1 0.2
STRAIN (mm/mrn)
FIG. l--A36 steel tensile test showing modification for finite element analysis.
0.3
70.0
v
t~
0.0
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ROLLERS
CENTER. ~ /~ I CENTER ~/~ .,,,'I
I o/w = 0.s0 I o/w = o.ls LOAD POINT LOAD POINT
FIG. 2--Three-dimensional finite element analysis mesh for the three-point bend
specimens
change assumptions. Numerical computations were performed with the POLO-FINITE
structural mechanics system [9, I0]. The analytical procedure was identical to that adopted
for the study of deeply cracked square specimens considered by Sorem et al. [8]. Details of
the finite element procedure are provided in the Appendix.
Finite Element Results
Plastic Zone Distributions
Two-dimensional finite-element analyses (FEA) were performed on the full-size, square
CTOD specimen geometry with crack-depth ratios (a/W) of 0.50, 0.20, 0.15, 0.10, and 0.05.
Plastic zone sizes obtained from the 2-D FEA were compared at various linear-elastic and
elastic-plastic CTOD levels. The plastic zones developed based on the von Mises equivalent
stress for the five plane-strain models at applied CTOD levels of 0.0254, 0.0533, and 0.109
mm (1.00, 2.10, and 4.30 mils) are shown in Fig. 3. Plastic zones for the specimens with
crack-depth ratios of 0.05 and 0.10 extended from the crack tip to the free surface behind
the crack before a plastic hinge formed. For the specimen with a crack-depth ratio of 0.15,
the formation of a plastic hinge coincided with the plastic zone extending back to the free
surface. The specimen with an a~ W ratio of 0.20 developed a plastic hinge well before the
plastic zone extended back to the free surface. The plastic zone of the deep crack specimen
(a/W = 0.50) was contained completely in the plastic hinge region and never reached the
free surface behind the crack. The boundary between short crack and deep crack specimens
apparently occurs at an a~ W ratio of about 0.15 for this structural steel which undergoes
significant strain hardening.
This definition of short and deep crack behavior agrees with the theoretical slip-line field
discussed by Matsoukas et al. [6] and the results of several experimental studies [3-6]. The
crack depth at which the slip-line field first extends to the free surface was found to be
0.177 W (a/W = 0.177) for a rigid-plastic material. This does not imply that specimens with
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CRACK
TIP ~
a/W = 0.50 a/W = 0.20 a/W = 0.15
YIELDED REGIONS AT: ~!~./
CTOD = 0.025 mm
(1.0 mils)
CTOD = 0.053 mm
(2.1 mils)
CTOD = 0.109 mm
(4..3 mils)
olW = o.1o a/W = 0.05
FIG. 3--von Mises stress dzstributtons for two-dimensional plane-strain A36 steel
specimens.
a~ W ratios greater than 0.177 behave the same as deep crack (a/W = 0.50) specimens. The
plastic zone for the deep crack specimen was always confined to the hinge region and did
not extend to the back surface. Even though the plastic hinge formed before the plastic zone
reached the back surface in the specimen with a/W = 0.20, continued strain hardening of
the material caused the plastic zone to eventually reach the back surface.
Comparison of Numerical and Experimental Results
Load versus crack mouth opening displacement (CMOD) records from the plane-strain,
plane-stress, and three-dimensional finite element analyses for the square (W = 31.8 mm
(1.25 in.)) CTOD model are compared to a measured load versus CMOD record in Fig. 4.
The measured load versus CMOD record is typical of specimens tested in a temperature
range between 0~ (32~ and 21 ~ (70~ At these temperatures, the stress-strain properties
of the A36 material are similar to the room temperature tensile properties input to the finite
element model.
At equivalent CMOD levels, the plane-strain analysis provides an upper bound and the
plane-stress analysis provides a lower bound to the experimentally measured load. The
CMOD at the center plane of the three-dimensional model is plotted versus load, since it
matches the location of the CMOD measurement in the test specimen. The load-CMOD
record of the 3-D finite element model accurately predicts the experimental load-CMOD
record.
Although very good agreement is achieved between the finite element and the experimental load-CMOD records, this "global" agreement does not necessarily verify the accuracy of
predicted response in the crack tip region, specifically the CTOD. A procedure was developed
to provide a comparison between the crack opening profile predicted by the 3-D finite element analysis and the actual crack profile.
A short crack (a/W = 0.15) test specimen was loaded well beyond plastic hinge development to a CMOD of approximately 0.427 mm (16.8 mils) and then the load was removed.
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0.0 5.0 CMOD (mils) 30.0
100.0
z
v
C~
80.0
60.0
4.0.0
20.0 o-- 3-D centerline
~-- EXPERIMENTAL
20.0
.ar
v
5.0
O.C , I L I a I A I = I , I ~ I , 0.0
0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8
CMOD (mm)
FIG. 4--Load versus CMOD for square (31.8 by 31.8 ram) A36 steel specimens with a/W
= 0.15.
The residual plastic component of CMOD was approximately 0.366 mm (14.4 mils) as illustrated in Fig. 5. The specimen was cut in half longitudinally through the center plane, polished, and etched. Micrographs were taken of the crack profile at the center plane of the
unloaded specimen (Fig. 5a). These micrographs show the residual plastic displacement of
the crack profile in the unloaded specimen. The specimen was then reloaded in a special
fixture to the original CMOD of 0.427 mm (16.8 mils). Micrographs of the crack profile of
the reloaded specimen were taken and compared to the predicted crack profile (superimposed) at the equivalent CMOD level (Fig. 5b). The crack profile of the test specimen is
predicted very accurately by the finite element model. This comparison provides the needed
validation of the 3-D finite element modeling procedures.
CMOD-CTOD Relation
The CMOD-CTOD relation for the short crack specimen is developed from the finite element results. Variations of the CTOD and CMOD through the thickness clearly demonstrate
the three-dimensional character of the short crack specimen. The CTOD values are taken
directly from the deformed finite element mesh using the 90* intercept method [11] at six
positions through the half-thickness of the specimen.
The CMOD-CTOD results for the full-size square specimen are shown in Fig. 6. Load step
20 and load step 24 designated on the figure show the relationship of CTOD levels and
CMOD levels through the thickness of the specimen. The CTOD remains nearly constant
over the center 70% of the specimen and then decreases significantly near the outside free
surface. The CMOD exhibits the opposite behavior. Unlike the deep crack specimen, which
has no variation of CMOD over the thickness of the specimen, the CMOD for the short crack
specimen is smallest at the center plane and increases as the outside free surface is
approached. Similar CMOD variations are observed in the laboratory specimens.
The CMOD-CTOD results of the sub-size square specimen are shown in Fig. 7. Again,
load steps 20 and 24 designated on the figure show the through-thickness relationships of
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