To meet the engineering applications, mechanical and physical properties of materials especially steels and their alloys are improved through thermal treatments. This research aimed to augment the impact toughness of EN-31 steel by picking the combinations of different levels of Charpy impact test control variables and thermal treatments built in three-level (L9) Orthogonal Arrays (OAs). For this reason, the experimental runs were conducted to examine the influence of varying V-notch angles (30°, 45° and 60°), heights of the hammer (1370 mm, 1570 mm, and 1755 mm), temperatures (-196°C, -50°C, and 28°C), and heat treatments (hardening followed by cryogenic treatment and low-temperature tempering - HCTLTT, hardening followed by cryogenic treatment and medium-temperature tempering - HCTMTT, and hardening followed by cryogenic treatment and high-temperature tempering - HCTHTT) on the impact toughness of EN-31 Steel specimens. Several patterns of thermal treatment sequences were executed with an aim to modify the material properties. Cryogenic treatment (CT) was conducted through a cryocan at 77K. The hardness of specimens were measured by employing a Brinell hardness tester. The results reported that height of the hammer and thermal treatments enhanced the toughness and hardness of the specimens most significantly.
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