A DISCUSSION ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE IMPACT TOUGHNESS AND THE FRACTURE TOUGHNESS

The impact value (AK) measured with classic impact experiment of mechanical properties is a normal index from the five important basic mechanical properties for engineering, but it still has no definite physical meaning. By use of the advanced impact experimental machine, the load-deflection signals under impact loading have been measured. According to the load-deflection curve of 30CrMnSiA steel obtained by this method, the AK value could be divided into the elastic deformation work, the plastic deformation work, the crack forming work, the work of crack propagation and the work of unstable crack propagation. Therefore, we can obtain the expression for the continuous changing of stress and strain under impact load. In this experiment, specimens with three different breaches, U type, V type and linear grooving, are used and the dynamic fracture toughness value (KDIC) of 30CrMnSiA steel is treated and calculated which follows the measuring method of material static fracture toughness, as ASTM E399. The experimental results verify that these impact specimens with three different breaches are satisfactory for plane strain relation under impact load. For high strength 30CrMnSiA steel, the maximum load of load-deflection curve under impact load can represent the unstable propagation load of crack. The precision of the calculated fracture toughness (KDIC) meets the engineering requirement of materials.

Impact toughness of a gradient hardened layer of Cr5Mo1V steel treated by laser shock peening

Laser shock peening（LSP） is a widely used surface treatment technique that can effectively improve the fatigue life and impact toughness of metal parts.Cr5Mo1 V steel exhibits a gradient hardened layer after a LSP process.A new method is proposed to estimate the impact toughness that considers the changing mechanical properties in the gradient hardened layer.Assuming a linearly gradient distribution of impact toughness,the parameters controlling the impact toughness of the gradient hardened layer were given.The influence of laser power densities and the number of laser shots on the impact toughness were investigated.The impact toughness of the laser peened layer improves compared with an untreated specimen,and the impact toughness increases with the laser power densities and decreases with the number of laser shots.Through the fracture morphology analysis by a scanning electron microscope,we established that the Cr5Mo1 V steel was fractured by the cleavage fracture mechanism combined with a few dimples.The increase in the impact toughness of the material after LSP is observed because of the decreased dimension and increased fraction of the cleavage fracture in the gradient hardened layer.