Abstract
The temperature dependence of the plane strain fracture toughness of a low carbon, fine grain, ferritic steel for structural applications is investigated. The ductile–brittle transition is found to occur in the interval between 160 and 184 K. The experimental results are interpreted by an analytical model which permits calculation of the plane strain fracture toughness K1c in the brittle domain as a function of the tensile properties and the cleavage fracture stress, making use of a piecewise approximation for the distribution of tensile stress on the crack axis and applying a deterministic fracture criterion at the stress peak. A similar criterion, which consists of equating the severest strain on the crack axis to a critical strain for cavity nucleation, provides the upper shelf fracture toughness. A relatively simple figure for predicting the transition temperature of steels in this family as a function of material properties can be obtained in this way.
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