Fracture Mechanics of Ductile and Tough Materials and Its Applications to Energy Related Structures: Proceedings of the USA-Japan Joint Seminar Held at Hyama, Japan November 12-16, 1979

by H.W. Liu, H.W. Liu (Editor), T. Kunio (Editor)

Overview

This volume contains the proceedings of the USA-Japan Joint Seminar on "Fracture Mechanics of Ductile and Tough Materials and Its Applications to Energy Related Structures". The seminar was supported jointly by the National Science Foundation of the United States and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences. The seminar was held from November 12th to 16th, 1979, at Hayama, Japan, a picturesque resort town by the beach of Sagami Bay facing Mt. Fugi. The safety and integrity of the engineering structures for energy explora­ tion, energy production, and energy transportation are of utmost importance to our welfare. Both the United States and Japan are at the forefront of the re­ search on fracture mechanics and its applications to fracture prevention. Dur­ ing the past few years, major research efforts have been made in the areas of non-linear fracture mechanics and its applications to fracture initiation, slow crack growth, creep and fatigue. This joint seminar offered an unique opportunity for detailed exchange of information on current researches and fu­ ture efforts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789401183925
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	01/01/1981
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1981
Pages:	314
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

I. An Overview.- Problems and Progress in the Design of Ductile Structures.- II. J-Integral — Theoretical Considerations.- Extension of J-Integral and Its Application to the Estimation of Structural Strength.- J-Integral Evaluation of a Crack in a Reactor Vessel.- An Engineering Methodology for Fracture Analyses of Tough Materials.- Toward the Development of Plastic Fracture Mechanics Capabilities for Assessing the Reliability of Energy Related Structures.- Elastic-Plastic Analyses of a Three-Point Bend Specimen and a Fracturing Pipe.- Analysis of Ductile Fracture Behavior of Type 304 Stainless Steel.- Evaluation of J-Integral and COD for Compact Tension Specimen.- Relation Between J-Integral and Crack Tip Opening Displacement.- III. J-Integral — Experimental Techniques.- The J-Integral Evaluation of the Crack Tip Plastic Blunting and the Elastic-Plastic Fracture.- Elastic Plastic Toughness of Irradiated Steels with the Single Specimen Compliance Technique.- A Simple Approximation for the Estimation of J-Integral Value of a Semi-Elliptical Surface Crack.- An Evaluation of Procedures for JIC Determination.- Evaluating Methods of J-Integral and Scatterings of Fracture Toughness.- IV. Stress, Strain and COD as Fracture Criteria.- Notch Analysis of Ductile Fracture.- A Criterion on Elastic-Plastic Failure of Edge-Cracked Member Under Combined Loading of Membrane and Bending Stresses.- Influence of Mean Stress on Ductile Fracture Properties.- Thickness Effects of Fracture Criteria.- Fracture Toughness and Stretched Zone of Ultra-High Strength Steels.- Assessment of Nonductile Fracture Initiation in Structural Steels Using X-ray Diffraction.- V. Material Effects on Fracture Toughness.- The Influence of Microstructural Variations on Fracture Process of Dual Phase Steel.-JIC Calculations for Pressure Vessel Steel from Microvoid Kinetics.- Fracture Toughness of Temper Embrittled 2 1/4Cr-1Mo and 3.5 Ni-Cr-Mo-V Steels.- VI. Creep and Fatigue.- Fracture Mechanics of Creep Crack Growth in Metallic Materials.- A Nonlinear Fracture Mechanics Approach to Crack Propagation in the Creep-Fatigue Interaction Range.- A Consideration of Fatigue Limits and Notch Sensitivity Based on Successive Observations of Crack Initiation Process.- Some Considerations on Low Cycle Fatigue in Metals.- Fatigue Strength of Butt-Welded Joints with Angular Distortion.- Some Basic Problems in the Evaluation of Fatigue Crack Growth from Surface Flaws.- Open Forum — Researches for the Safety of Energy Related Structures.