This contribution deals with the determination of the reference temperature of A533 Cl.1 steel using miniaturized specimens. The dimensions of the miniaturized specimens used were 3 × 4 × 27 mm (thickness × width × length). This specimen type allows utilizing a limited amount of test material or the broken halves of precracked Charpy or larger specimens. The test material comes from the broken halves of 0.5 T SE(B) specimens previously tested for the determination of the reference temperature at Ciemat, Madrid. The fracture toughness tests were performed in the transition region of the steel according to the recommendations of the standard ASTM E1921 and according to Wallin's recommended temperature range of miniaturized specimens. The reference temperature of the Master Curve was very similar to the ones obtained from three-point-bend specimens of sizes 0.2 T, 0.4 T, and 0.5 T. The results obtained confirm a necessity to conduct tests at low temperatures and to test a sufficient number of specimens in order to generate enough valid data for the determination of the reference temperature.
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The Application of Miniaturized Three-Point-Bend Specimens for Determination of the Reference Temperature of A533 Cl.1 Steel
Ludek Stratil,
Ludek Stratil
Institute of Physics of Materials,
Academy of Sciences of the
Czech Republic, v. v. i.,
Zizkova 22,
Brno 616 62, Czech Republic
e-mail: stratil@ipm.cz
Academy of Sciences of the
Czech Republic, v. v. i.,
Zizkova 22,
Brno 616 62, Czech Republic
e-mail: stratil@ipm.cz
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Filip Siska,
Filip Siska
Institute of Physics of Materials,
Academy of Sciences of the
Czech Republic, v. v. i.,
Zizkova 22,
Brno 616 62, Czech Republic
e-mail: siska@ipm.cz
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Czech Republic, v. v. i.,
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Brno 616 62, Czech Republic
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Ivo Dlouhy,
Ivo Dlouhy
CEITEC Institute of Physics of Materials,
Academy of Sciences of the
Czech Republic, v. v. i.,
Zizkova 22,
Brno 616 62, Czech Republic
e-mail: idlouhy@ipm.cz
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Czech Republic, v. v. i.,
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Brno 616 62, Czech Republic
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Marta Serrano
Marta Serrano
Ciemat—Structural Materials Division,
Avda. Complutense 22,
Madrid 280 40, Spain
e-mail: marta.serrano@ciemat.es
Avda. Complutense 22,
Madrid 280 40, Spain
e-mail: marta.serrano@ciemat.es
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Ludek Stratil
Institute of Physics of Materials,
Academy of Sciences of the
Czech Republic, v. v. i.,
Zizkova 22,
Brno 616 62, Czech Republic
e-mail: stratil@ipm.cz
Academy of Sciences of the
Czech Republic, v. v. i.,
Zizkova 22,
Brno 616 62, Czech Republic
e-mail: stratil@ipm.cz
Filip Siska
Institute of Physics of Materials,
Academy of Sciences of the
Czech Republic, v. v. i.,
Zizkova 22,
Brno 616 62, Czech Republic
e-mail: siska@ipm.cz
Academy of Sciences of the
Czech Republic, v. v. i.,
Zizkova 22,
Brno 616 62, Czech Republic
e-mail: siska@ipm.cz
Ivo Dlouhy
CEITEC Institute of Physics of Materials,
Academy of Sciences of the
Czech Republic, v. v. i.,
Zizkova 22,
Brno 616 62, Czech Republic
e-mail: idlouhy@ipm.cz
Academy of Sciences of the
Czech Republic, v. v. i.,
Zizkova 22,
Brno 616 62, Czech Republic
e-mail: idlouhy@ipm.cz
Marta Serrano
Ciemat—Structural Materials Division,
Avda. Complutense 22,
Madrid 280 40, Spain
e-mail: marta.serrano@ciemat.es
Avda. Complutense 22,
Madrid 280 40, Spain
e-mail: marta.serrano@ciemat.es
Contributed by the Pressure Vessel and Piping Division of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF PRESSURE VESSEL TECHNOLOGY. Manuscript received January 15, 2016; final manuscript received April 13, 2017; published online May 26, 2017. Assoc. Editor: Haofeng Chen.
J. Pressure Vessel Technol. Aug 2017, 139(4): 041410 (6 pages)
Published Online: May 26, 2017
Article history
Received:
January 15, 2016
Revised:
April 13, 2017
Citation
Stratil, L., Siska, F., Dlouhy, I., and Serrano, M. (May 26, 2017). "The Application of Miniaturized Three-Point-Bend Specimens for Determination of the Reference Temperature of A533 Cl.1 Steel." ASME. J. Pressure Vessel Technol. August 2017; 139(4): 041410. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4036532
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