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Section 8.7 Plastic Zone Size, and Plasticity Limitations on LEFM 383
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Temperature, F
-100 0 100 200 300
250
250 Unirradiated
200
K , Fracture Toughness, MPa m 150 150 K Ic
A533B-1
200
steel
ksi in
100
100
Ic
50
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Irradiated at 285 C 50
19
2 x 10 neutrons/cm 2
0 0
-50 0 50 100 150
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Temperature, C
Figure 8.41 Effect of neutron irradiation on fracture toughness of a nuclear pressure vessel
steel. (Adapted from [Bush 74]; copyright c ASTM; reprinted with permission.)
Figure 8.42 Combined mode fracture in two aluminum alloys. (From [Broek 86] p. 378;
reprinted by permission of Kluwer Academic Publishers.)
