Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 1990, Vol. 3 ›› Issue (3): 194-198.

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DUCTILE CRACK INITIATION AND STEADY-STATE PROPAGATION OF HIGH STRENGTH STRUCTURAL STEEL

CHEN Huangpu DENG Zengjie Xi'an Jiaotong University,Xi'an,China CHEN Huangpu,Lectuer,Research Institute for Strength of Metals,Xi'an Jiaotong University,Xi'an 710049,China   

  • Received:1990-06-25 Revised:1990-06-25 Online:1990-06-25 Published:2009-10-10

Abstract: The resistance to crack propagation at earlier stage for a high strength structural steel with certain ductility and its correlation to microstructures,stress states,deformation history and strain characteristics have been investigated.The resistance to crack propagation is mainly de- termined by the plastic constrain ahead of the crack tip,the elastic energy and plastic work absorbed in the stress-strain field.These are connected with the state function of triaxial stress.The deformation history and strain characteristic during deformation of material are described by the flow line in which the deformation history and strain characteristic restrain the crack initiation at stage Ⅱ and the crack propagation at stage Ⅲ.The strain hardening rate may sensitively reflect the stress distribution and micro-fracture mechanism in the interi- or of material.

Key words: high strength structural steel, microstructure, stress state, strain characteristic