ASTM E1457-00

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Designation: E 1457 – 00
Standard Test Method for
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Measurement of Creep Crack Growth Rates in Metals
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E1457; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope relating parameter. Transient crack growth conditions occur in
the early stages of crack growth tests for the whole range of
1.1 Thistestmethodcoversthedeterminationofcreepcrack
creep brittle/ductile behavior which is excluded by this
growth rates in metals at elevated temperature using compact
method.
type, C(T), (see Fig. 1) specimens subjected to static or
1.1.4 The state-of-stress at the crack tip may have an
quasi-static loading conditions. The time rate of crack growth,
influence on the creep crack growth behavior and can cause
a˙ (t)or da/dt is expressed in terms of the magnitude of crack
crack-front tunneling in plane-sided specimens. Specimen size
growth rate relating parameters, C*(t), C or K.
t
and geometry also will affect the state-of-stress at the crack tip
1.1.1 Thechoiceofthecrackgrowthraterelatingparameter,
and are important factors in determining crack growth rate.
C*(t), C ,or Kdependsonthematerialbehavior.Twotypesof
t
1.1.5 The recommended specimen is the standard compact
material behavior are generally observed during creep crack
tension specimen C(T) with B/W=0.5 and pin loaded in
growth tests; creep-ductile and creep-brittle. In creep ductile
tension under constant loading conditions, Fig. 1. The speci-
materials, creep crack growth is accompanied by substantial
menconfigurationhasfixedplanardimensionalproportionality
time-dependent creep strains at the crack tip and the crack
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with an initial normalized crack size, a /W, of 0.45 to 0.55.
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growth rate is correlated by C*(t) and/or C (1-4). In creep-
t
Side-groovedspecimensarerecommendedtopromoteuniform
brittle materials, creep crack growth occurs at low creep
crack extension across the thickness of the specimen (7).
ductility. Consequently, the time-dependent creep strains are
1.1.6 Residual stresses can influence the measurement of
comparable to or dominated by accompanying elastic strains
crack growth properties (8).The effect can be significant when
local to the crack tip. Under such steady state creep-brittle
test coupons are taken from material that characteristically
conditions, K is chosen as the correlating parameter (5).
embodies residual stress fields; for example weldments, and/or
1.1.2 In creep ductile materials, extensive creep occurs
thick cast, forged, extruded, products and product shapes
when the entire uncracked ligament undergoes creep deforma-
where full stress relief is impractical. Specimens taken from
tion. Such conditions are distinct from the conditions of
such products that contain residual stresses will likewise
small-scale creep and transition creep (4, 6). In the case of
themselves contain residual stresses. Extraction of specimens
extensive creep, the region dominated by creep deformation is
in itself partially relieves and redistributes the residual stress
significant in size in comparison to the crack size and to the
pattern, however, the remaining magnitude can still cause
uncracked ligament size. In small-scale-creep only a small
significant effects in the ensuing test. Residual stress is
regionoftheuncrackedligamentnearthecracktipexperiences
superimposed on applied stress and results in crack-tip stress
creep deformation. The creep crack growth rate in the exten-
intensity that is different from that based solely on externally
sive creep region is correlated by the C*(t)- integral. The C,
t
applied forces or displacements. Distortion during specimen
parameter correlates the creep crack growth rate in the small-
machining often indicates the presence of residual stresses. No
scale creep and the transition creep regions and reduces, by
allowance is included in this standard for dealing with residual
definition, to C*(t) in the extensive creep region (4).
stresses.
1.1.3 Only steady-state creep crack growth rate behavior is
1.1.7 SpecimenconfigurationsotherthantheC(T)specimen
covered by this method. During steady state, a unique corre-
tested under constant load may involve validity requirements
lation exists between a˙ and the appropriate crack growth rate
different from those presently specified in this test method.
Nevertheless, use of geometries other than C(T) are permitted
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ThistestmethodisunderthejurisdictionofASTMCommitteeE08onFracture
by this method provided data are compared to data obtained
Fatigue and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E08.06 on Crack Growth
from C(T) s
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