TC1 Subcommittee on Fracture Mechanics Testing Standard

Chairman:

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Karl-Heinz Schwalbe

Consultant

Anemonenweg 32

21360 Voegelsen

Karl-Heinz.Schwalbe@web.de

Members:

Wolfram Baer, Claude Sainte-Catherine, Andy Sherry, Graham Wardle, Kim Wallin, Jaroslav Pokluda, Otmar Kolednik, Henryk Pisarski,Michael Seidenfuss.

Scope:

The Subcommittee is presently drafting an extended fracture mechanics test method, based on P1 and P2. This new method will contain new items such as new specimens (middle cracked tension specimens, four-point bend specimens), new test methods (crack opening displacement delta 5, crack tip opening angle psi, rate of dissipated energy), testing of thin-walled specimens, testing of weldments, evaluation of statistical bounds to fracture toughness data.