The Charpy impact energy of A356 alloys has been measured. Instrumented Charpy impact tests have been conducted at 25, 100, 150, and 200 ~ The Charpy specimens were machined from plate castings or tapered cylindrical castings. The plates were produced in sand molds, and tapered cylinders were produced in water-cooled copper molds. Both unmodified and strontium-modified castings were tested. The...

Charpy V-notch impact testing is widely used in the toughness assessment of large forged components, e.g. the pressure vessel for pressurised water reactors m). At low temperature, A508 C1.3 nuclear pressure vessel steel fails by cleavage fracture. The results reported here are part of both an experimental program and numerical investigations which aim at the establishment of a non-empirical re...

National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80303 Valid comparison of impact test energies reported by various organizations and over time depends on consistent performance of impact test machines. This paper investigates the influence of various specimen and test parameters on impact energies in the 1 J to 2 J range for both Charpy V-notch and Izod procedures, leading tow...

In this study, the effects of Mo and Nb on microstructure Charpy impact properties coarse-grain heat affected zone (CGHAZ) in high-strength low-alloy (HSLA) steels were investigated. The high-Mo steel had a lower volume fraction acicular ferrite (AF) higher granular bainite (GB) than those low steel. CGHAZ specimen AF GB compared to low-Mo specimen. This is because, an increase lowers transform...

In the present investigation, effect of varying carbon content on impact energy ductile cast iron was studied. Three groups austenitic (A), (B) and (C) were prepared for Charpy tests. The equivalent percent (% CE) group (A) ranged from 3.51 to 5.04 variable element carbon, whereas % CE is 3.86 4.64 silicon, 3.79 4.80 nickel. Results show that there an inverse proportional relation between absor...

This paper deals with a three-component aluminum alloy AlMg4.5Mn that was welded using GTAW process in the shielded atmosphere of Ar+70%He+0.015%N2. The weld-metal toughness evaluated at three different temperatures instrumental Charpy pendulum impact testing to measure not only total energy, but also crack initiation energy and growth energy. Fractographic analysis fracture surfaces EDS large ...