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STATIC TOUGHNESS [1 record]

Record 1 2009-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Steel
DEF

... the energy absorbed during the fracture of a material and ... taken as the area under the entire engineering stress-strain curve.

OBS

Ductile materials are normally tougher than brittle ones.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Acier
CONT

Les caractéristiques de ténacité statique des aciers faiblement alliés pour cuve de réacteur nucléaire, exprimées en terme de KIc, sont données dans l'annexe ZG du RCC-M et sont notamment utilisées pour l'analyse du risque de rupture brutale de la cuve lors de situations accidentelles.

Spanish

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