ASTM E1921-15
Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, To, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range

Standard No.

ASTM E1921-15

Release Date

2015

Published By

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

Status

Be replaced

Replace By

ASTM E1921-15a

Latest

ASTM E1921-23b

Scope

5.1 Fracture toughness is expressed in terms of an elastic-plastic stress intensity factor, K_Jc, that is derived from the J-integral calculated at fracture.

5.2 Ferritic steels are microscopically inhomogeneous with respect to the orientation of individual grains. Also, grain boundaries have properties distinct from those of the grains. Both contain carbides or nonmetallic inclusions that can act as nucleation sites for cleavage microcracks. The random location of such nucleation sites with respect to the position of the crack front manifests itself as variability of the associated fracture toughness (16). This results in a distribution of fracture toughness values that is amenable to characterization using the statistical methods in this test method.

5.3 The statistical methods in this test method presume that the test materials are macroscopically homogeneous such that both the tensile and toughness properties are uniform. The fracture toughness evaluation of nonuniform materials is not amenable to the statistical analysis methods employed in the main body of this test method. For example, multipass weldments can create heat-affected and brittle zones with localized properties that are quite different from either the bulk material or weld. Thick section steel also often exhibits some variation in properties near the surfaces. An appendix to analyze the cleavage toughness properties of nonuniform or inhomogeneous materials is currently being prepared. In the interim, users are referred to (6-8) for procedures to analyze inhomogeneous materials. Metallographic analysis can be used to identify possible nonuniform regions in a material. These regions can then be evaluated through mechanical testing such as hardness, microhardness, and tensile testing to compare with the bulk material. It is also advisable to measure the toughness properties of these nonuniform regions distinctly from the bulk material.

5.4 Distributions of K_Jc data from replicate tests can be used to predict distributions of K_Jc for different specimen sizes. Theoretical reasoning (12), confirmed by experimental data, suggests that a fixed Weibull slope of 4 applies to all data distributions and, as a consequence, standard deviation on data scatter can be calculated. Data distribution and specimen size effects are characterized using a Weibull function that is coupled with weakest-link statistics (17). An upper limit on constraint loss and a lower limit on test temperature are defined between which weakest-link statistics can be used.

5.5 The experimental results can be used to define a master curve that describes......

ASTM E1921-15 history

• 2023 ASTM E1921-23b Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, T0, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2023 ASTM E1921-23a Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, T0, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2023 ASTM E1921-23 Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, T0, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2022 ASTM E1921-22a Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, T0, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2022 ASTM E1921-22 Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, T0, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2021 ASTM E1921-21a Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, T0, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2021 ASTM E1921-21 Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature,
• 2020 ASTM E1921-20 Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, To, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2019 ASTM E1921-19be1 Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, To, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2019 ASTM E1921-19b Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, To, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2019 ASTM E1921-19a Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, To, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2019 ASTM E1921-19 Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, To, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2018 ASTM E1921-18a Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, To, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2018 ASTM E1921-18 Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, To, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2017 ASTM E1921-17a Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, To, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2017 ASTM E1921-17 Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, To, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2016 ASTM E1921-16 Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, To, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2015 ASTM E1921-15ae1 Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, To, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2015 ASTM E1921-15a Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, To, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2015 ASTM E1921-15 Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, To, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2014 ASTM E1921-14a Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, To, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2014 ASTM E1921-14 Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, To, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2013 ASTM E1921-13a Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, To, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2013 ASTM E1921-13 Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, To, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2012 ASTM E1921-12a Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, To, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2012 ASTM E1921-12 Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, To, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2011 ASTM E1921-11a Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, T_o, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2011 ASTM E1921-11 Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, T_o, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2010 ASTM E1921-10e1 Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, T_o, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2010 ASTM E1921-10 Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, T_o, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2009 ASTM E1921-09ce2 Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, T_o, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2009 ASTM E1921-09ce1 Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, T_o, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2009 ASTM E1921-09c Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, T_o, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2009 ASTM E1921-09b Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, T_o, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2009 ASTM E1921-09a Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, T_o, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2009 ASTM E1921-09 Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, T_o, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2008 ASTM E1921-08ae1 Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, T_o, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2008 ASTM E1921-08a Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, T_o, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2008 ASTM E1921-08 Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, T_o, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2007 ASTM E1921-07 Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, T_o, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2005 ASTM E1921-05 Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, T_o'', for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2003 ASTM E1921-03 Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, T_o'', for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 2002 ASTM E1921-02 Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, T_o, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range
• 1997 ASTM E1921-97 Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, T_o, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range