The (cleavage) strength of pre-cracked polycrystals

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Abstract

The fracture mechanics stress intensity, K, measured for the cleavage strength of carbon steel by Professor Yokobori and colleagues, at Tohoku University and elsewhere, is shown to follow a Hall-Petch dependence on average grain diameter, l, in accordance with the model-based relationship K = c's120+kl−12]; for which c' is a numerical factor, 5 is the effective length of the local plastic zone associated with unstable crack growth, σ0 is a friction stress for appropriate dislocation movement within the polycrystal grains and k is a microstructural stress intensity intermediate between that for the plastic flow or fracture of crack-free material. The separated terms in the K relationship are matched with corresponding Hall-Petch friction stress and microstructural stress intensity measurements for yielding and fracture. In this way, the K relationship is proposed to provide a bridge for the goal set some time ago by Professor Yokobori of combining the microscopic and macroscopic (continuum) viewpoints for understanding the fracture strength properties of engineering materials.

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