Fracture Toughness and Strain Energy Release Rate
Test ID
M-052
Description
Flexural fracture toughness tests are performed on notched bars. The resulting data is evaluated for validity and either retested using an alter geometry or processed to calculate fracture toughness and energy release rate.
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Standards
- ASTM D5045
Data
Energy Release Rate, Fracture Toughness, Pmax, Pq, Uncorrected Energy. This data appears in Matereality as Fracture Mechanics.
Replicates
Number of times this test is repeated: 3
Samples
10 tensile bars [details]
Application
This test is used to evaluate the amount of energy to both initiate a crack in a material and the energy released as the crack propagates. This test is not intended for soft or ductile materials.
