Abstract: An experimental study is presented of the effect of loading rate and temperature on the fracture initiation toughness of a rate-sensitive steel. Dynamic and static fracture tests were performed ...

Abstract: A technique for mapping damage surfaces is developed and applied to Westerly granite. A damage surface for an elastic-brittle material is similar in concept to a yield surface for an elastic-plastic ...

Abstract: This paper presents a comparison of dynamic fracture initiation results obtained from two independent experimental methods: (1) the instrumented version of the precracked Charpy test and (2) a ...