Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Tensile fracture and fractographic analysis of 1045 spheroidized steel under hydrostatic pressure

  • Articles
  • Published:
Journal of Materials Research Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Void formation in tensile test under hydrostatic pressure is characterized through quantitative metallography, and the fracture mechanism under pressure is analyzed by fractography. Transition of the fracture surface from the cup-and-cone under atmospheric pressure to a slant structure under high pressure is explained on the basis of the void development leading to fracture and the concomitant change in fracture mechanism. The concept of “shear blocks” is introduced to illustrate the features observed on the fracture surface of specimens tested under high pressure. It is postulated that shear blocks evolve to connect the central crack regions with the shear crack initiated on neck surface due to the severe necking deformation under applied pressure.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. W. A. Spitzig, Acta Metall. 27, 523 (1979).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. W. A. Spitzig, R. J. Sober, and O. Richmond, Metall. Trans. A 7A, 1703 (1976).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. A. Brownrigg, W. A. Spitzig, O. Richmond, D. Teirlinck, and J. D. Embury, Acta Metall. 31, 1141 (1983).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. A. S. Argon and J. Im, Metall. Trans. A 6A, 839 (1975).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. A. S. Argon, J. Im, and A. Needleman, Metall. Trans. A 6A, 815 (1975).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. G. LeRoy, J. D. Embury, G. Edward, and M. F. Ashby, Acta Metall. 29, 1509 (1981).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. H. C. Rogers, Acta Metall. 7, 7507 (1959).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. A. S. Argon and F. A. McClintock, Mechanical Behavior of Materials (Addison Wesley Publ., 1966), p. 309.

  9. P. W. Bridgman, Studies in Large Plastic Flow and Fracture (Harvard University Press, 1964), p. 38.

  10. I. E. French and P. F. Weinrich, Scripta Metall. 8, 87 (1974).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. IBM Research Division, Almaden Research Center, 650 Harry Road, San Jose, California, 95120, USA

    A. S. Kao

  2. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15261, USA

    H. A. Kuhn

  3. Alcoa Technical Center, Alcoa Center, Pennsylvania, 15069, USA

    O. Richmond

  4. Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 50011, USA

    W. A. Spitzig

Authors
  1. A. S. Kao
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. H. A. Kuhn
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. O. Richmond
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. W. A. Spitzig
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Kao, A.S., Kuhn, H.A., Richmond, O. et al. Tensile fracture and fractographic analysis of 1045 spheroidized steel under hydrostatic pressure. Journal of Materials Research 5, 83–91 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.1990.0089

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.1990.0089

Search

Navigation