The Big Bang - The facts behind brittle fracture

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[johnerikloland]

A great video for understanding materials, is it possible for me to use this video in NDT courses without getting in trouble caused by restrictions?

[yochumjr]

Great study facts used in Append. A of API 1104
Britttle fracture starts at a stress riser (a notch). The resistance of a material to fracture is it's fracture toughness (quantified by the Charpy Test). Charpy Test tells us the energy required to break a specimen.Temperature is crucial- in ferritic materials, usually in low temperatures. The range of temperature where the fracture changes from brittle to ductile- transition region. In ductile region absorbs a high degree of energy. Brittle fracture more likely to occur in thick sections subjected to high rates of deformation. Full sections subjected to lower rates of loading can use another test method, the Crack tip opening displacement (CTOD). In CTOD testing, the sample has small notch and also a small crack. The size of the opening is also a measure of fracture ductility. Separation is measured with a "clip gauge". The initial crack length as well as the fracture faces.

[stainlesssteel]

Well done video. I plan on showing this in welding, metallurgy and mechanical design classes. I will check out other TWI videos later.

[peterjackson]

What a great video - explains a complex subject very clearly and provides a simple explanation why very ductile materials can fail in a brittle manner

[walidbahgat]

What is the liquid used for the experiment of the brittle fracture and what is the type of the steel that you used ?

[hopefullysoonaweldingengineer]

At minute 3:18 ''Fracture toughness which can be quantified by charpy test'' I think this definition is not true!

[Garganzuul]

Do fractures propagate faster in some steels, like HSS?

[MuhammedAhmed]

very very very wonderful and clear . Thanks :)