NISTIR 8065

Measurement of Dynamic Impact 

Toughness on Impact-Tested

Precracked Charpy Specimens

Enrico Lucon

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NISTIR 8065

Measurement of Dynamic Impact 

Toughness on Impact-Tested 

Precracked Charpy Specimens 

Enrico Lucon

Applied Chemicals and Materials Division

Material Measurement Laboratory

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July 2015

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Abstract

The Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials (IWM, Freiburg, Germany) and the 

Materials Testing Institute University of Stuttgart (MPA Stuttgart, Germany) have recently 

launched a joint collaboration project titled “Dynamic Mastercurves II” (MC-Dyn II). The project 

focuses on the measurement of the ductile-to-brittle transition toughness at impact loading rates,

in part by means of fatigue precracked and side-grooved Charpy-type specimens (PCC specimens). 

IWM and MPA invited NIST Boulder to contribute to the project by testing PCC specimens of a 

reactor pressure vessel (RPV) steel and determining the dynamic Master Curve reference

temperature, T0,d, in accordance with ASTM E1921-14a. Tests at NIST were performed on an 

instrumented impact machine at 0 °C and with an impact velocity v0 ≈ 1.21 m/s. The calculated 

reference temperature T0,d = -7.5 °C, corresponding to an average loading rate of 3.3 × 105

MPa√m/s, is in excellent agreement with the results previously published by IWM under similar 

conditions (T0,d = -7 °C). To the author’s knowledge, these are the first tests of this type ever 

performed at NIST Boulder.

Keywords

Dynamic fracture toughness; dynamic reference temperature; impact loading rates; instrumented 

Charpy tests; Master Curve; precracked Charpy-type (PCC) specimens; reactor pressure vessel 

steel.
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Table of Contents

Abstract..........................................................................................................................................iii

Keywords.......................................................................................................................................iii

Table of Contents........................................................................................................................... iv

1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 1

2. Material and Experimental ...................................................................................................... 2

3. Calculations............................................................................................................................. 4

3.1 Individual test analysis..................................................................................................... 4

3.2 Master Curve analysis...................................................................................................... 6

4. Results ..................................................................................................................................... 8

5. Discussion.............................................................................................................................. 10

6. Conclusions ........................................................................................................................... 12

References..................................................................................................................................... 13
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1. Introduction

The ASTM E1921 standard, titled “Standard Test Method for Determination of Reference 

Temperature, T0, for Ferritic Steels in the Transition Range,” covers the characterization of the 

fracture toughness of ferritic steels that experience the onset of cleavage (unstable) crack 

propagation under elastic or elastic-plastic conditions. Its first edition was published in 1997, and 

the current version is E1921-14a [1].

The E1921 standard allows the determination of the so-called reference temperature T0, 

which represents the temperature at which compact tension, C(T), specimens of 1 in. (25.4 mm) 

thickness, 1TCT, have a median fracture toughness KJc = 100 MPa√m [2]. The parameter T0 is all 

that is needed to characterize fracture toughness in the ductile-to-brittle transition region, since the 

shape of the Master Curve is universal for all ferritic steels [3]. The effect of specimen size on 

fracture toughness is treated by the use of the weakest-link theory [4] applied to a three-parameter 

Weibull distribution of fracture toughness values. Statistical methods are employed to predict the 

specific transition toughness curve and specific tolerance bounds for the material tested.

The reference temperature T0 is dependent on loading rate, and has been shown to increase 

with increasing loading rate [5]. For reactor pressure vessel (RPV) steels used in the nuclear 

industry, the so-called ASTM reference curve KIR is used as a lower-bound curve which limits the 

embrittlement that can be observed and measured [6]. In the nuclear field, elevated loading rates 

are often used as a surrogate of neutron irradiation for studying embrittlement phenomena of RPV 

steels.

In 2012, the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials (IWM, Freiburg, Germany) 

and the Materials Testing Institute University of Stuttgart (MPA Stuttgart, Germany) have 

collaborated in a joint project aimed at verifying the lower-bound KIR curve for a German RPV 

steel denominated 22NiMoCr37 (ASTM A508 cl. 2) at elevated loading rates [7]. The results of 

the project confirmed the conservatism of the ASME KIR curve in comparison to the dynamic 

fracture toughness values measured on specimens of different configuration (compact tension, 

single-edge bend) and size at loading rates in the range dK/dt = 105 MPa√m/s – 107 MPa√m/s.

In 2014, IWM and MPA invited NIST to contribute to a follow-up collaborative joint 

project titled “Dynamic Mastercurves II” (MC-Dyn II), in which Wolfgang Böhme is Project 

Coordinator and Project Leader at IWM and Uwe Mayer is Project Leader at MPA. NIST was 

asked to test 25 precracked and side-grooved Charpy-type specimens of 22NiMoCr37 at 0 °C and 

loading rates on the order of 105 MPa√m/s. The specimens had to be tested on an instrumented 

impact pendulum with a reduced impact speed (v0 ≈ 1.2 m/s) and the dynamic reference 

temperature T0,dyn had to be established in accordance with ASTM E1921-14a. 

To the author’s knowledge, this is the first time dynamic toughness tests on precracked 

Charpy-type (PCC) specimens have been performed at NIST Boulder.
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2. Material and Experimental

The material tested is a German RPV steel denominated 22NiMoCr37, which corresponds 

to ASTM A508 cl. 2. Its measured chemical composition is given in Table 1, and Table 2 provides 

basic mechanical properties as reported in [7,8].

Table 1 – Chemical composition of 22NiMoCr37 steel, wt %.

C Si Mn P S Mo Ni Cr Cu V Co Al

0.18 0.15 0.82 0.005 0.008 0.54 0.96 0.39 0.08 <0.01 0.014 0.016

Table 2 – Basic mechanical properties of 22NiMoCr37 [7,8].

Tensile properties at 20 °C Yield strength, Rel = 430 MPa

Tensile strength, Rm = 587 MPa

Charpy properties TXJ

(temperatures corresponding

to X J absorbed energy)

T28J = -40 °C

T41J = -31 °C

T68J = -17 °C

Nil Ductility Reference Temperature1 RTNDT = -20 °C

Quasi-static Reference Temperature2 T0 = -68 °C

The Charpy-type specimens for this project were extracted from the beltline of the reactor 

pressure vessel of Biblis C, which was never in operation. The specimens were machined in T-S 

orientation, with the crack propagating through the thickness from the inner diameter and the 

fatigue precrack tip located in the region between 2/3 and 3/4 of the vessel thickness.

In order to facilitate the initiation of the fatigue precrack, a narrow EDM3 slot was 

machined instead of a conventional Charpy notch (45° notch angle with 2 mm notch depth). 

Twenty-five specimens were fatigue precracked at IWM Freiburg, than side-grooved to 80 % of 

the original thickness at MPA Stuttgart, and finally shipped to NIST4

. Table 3 reports the average 

values and standard deviations for the specimen dimensions (width W, thickness B, net thickness 

BN, and initial crack size a0), all measured after the specimens had been tested. The average value 

of the ratio between initial crack size and specimen width is a0/W = 0.330 ± 0.007.

Table 3 – Average values and standard deviations of specimen dimensions.

W

(mm)

B

(mm)

BN

(mm)

a0

(mm)

Average 10.00 9.99 8.07 3.30

Stand. dev. 0.037 0.025 0.055 0.077

Tests were conducted on an instrumented pendulum machine with 406.5 J energy capacity 

and 134 ̊ fall angle at full swing, corresponding to a maximum impact speed of 5.47 m/s. The 

 1 Maximum temperature where a standard drop-weight specimen breaks when tested according to the provisions of 

ASTM E208-06(2012). This temperature is used for the establishment of the ASME KIR lower bound curve. 2 Corresponding to a quasi-static loading rate on the order of 1 MPa√m/s. 3 Electro-Discharge Machining. 4 At the time of testing, NIST was not equipped for fatigue precracking of Charpy-type specimens.
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instrumented striker conforms to the geometry of the ASTM E23-12b standard, having a striking 

edge radius of 8 mm. Impact tests on PCC specimens were performed at reduced speed, which was 

obtained by dropping the pendulum from a lower angle α ≈ 23.6 ̊, resulting in an approximate

impact speed of 1.21 m/s and a potential energy of 20 J. Average values for the test parameters are 

given in Table 4 along with standard deviations.

Table 4 – Average values and standard deviations of test parameters (fall angle, potential energy 

and impact speed).

α 

( ̊)

Ep

(J)

v0

(m/s)

Average 23.58 20.01 1.2137

Stand. dev. 0.025 0.042 0.001

Data from the instrumented striker, amplified with a gain factor of approximately 200, were 

acquired at a sampling rate of 2 MHz, and transferred to a personal computer via an analog-todigital converter unit. The electric output (mV) from the strain gages applied to the striker was

converted into force (kN) by means of the static calibration of the instrumented striker (Figure 1). 

No further correction or adjustment was applied to the instrumented data.

Figure 1 - Static calibration of the instrumented striker used for the tests.

y = 7.4778x + 0.6288

R2 = 0.9999

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Force (kN)

Amplified striker output (V)
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3. Calculations

3.1 Individual test analysis

The raw data file of each test, containing time and force data, was first processed to obtain 

velocity v(t), displacement s(t), and absorbed energy W(t) in accordance with ASTM E2298-13 

[9]:

= − ∫

t

t

F t dt

m

v t v

0

0 ( ) 1 ( ) (1)

= ∫

t

t

s t v t dt

0

( ) ( ) (2)

= ∫

s

s

W s F s ds

0

( ) ( ) (3)

where t0 , v0, and s0 are time, velocity, and displacement corresponding to the start of the test.

The points corresponding to general yield (gy) and unstable fracture (bf) were then visually 

identified on the force/displacement test record, as well as the initial linear elastic portion of the 

curve, which was fitted by a straight line (excluding the first inertia peak – see Figure 2).

Figure 2 - Force/displacement test record for specimen 4A.

The following validity conditions have to be fulfilled for the test to be valid [10]:

(a) The potential energy (Ep) must be greater than three times the absorbed energy at maximum 

force (Wm), to avoid an excessive decrease of hammer speed during the test:

Ep > 3Wm . (4)

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4

Force (kN)

Displacement (mm)

Unstable

fracture

General

yield
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(b) The time corresponding to unstable fracture (tf) must be greater than three times the period of 

oscillation (τ) of the specimen/striker system, to ensure that inertial oscillations have 

sufficiently dampened and do not prevent a reliable identification of the initiation of unstable 

fracture:

> 3τ f t . (5)

Both requirements, eqs. 4 and 5, were satisfied by all the tests performed.

In accordance with ASTM E1921-14a, the stress intensity factor at unstable fracture, KJc, 

is calculated from the corresponding value of J-integral, Jc, using:

2 1 v

J E K c Jc − = (6)

where E = 212 GPa is the Young’s modulus at the test temperature (0  ̊C), and ν is Poisson’s ratio 

(0.3).

The value Jc is calculated as the sum of an elastic (Jel) and a plastic (Jpl) component, 

respectively, given by:

( )

E

K v J c el

2 2 1− = (7)

with:





 



 = W

a f

BB W

F S

K

N

bf

c 0

1.5 (8)

(Fbf = force at unstable fracture; S = 42 mm, span or distance between the machine supports; the 

elastic function f(a0/W) is given in E1921-14a), and:

( ) 0

9 , 1.

B W a

W

J

N

bf pl

pl −

⋅ = (9)

where the plastic part of the absorbed energy at unstable fracture is:

2

2

0

,

bf

bf pl bf

C F

W =W − (10)

with Wbf = absorbed energy at unstable fracture and C0 = reciprocal of the initial elastic slope in 

mm/kN (Figure 2).

The value KJc calculated via eqs. 6-10 needs to be finally validated by comparison with the 

maximum specimen capacity, expressed as:

( )

( ) 2

0

(limit) 30 1 ν

σ

−

− = YS

Jc

E W a K (11)

where σYS is the material’s yield strength at the test temperature and relevant loading rate. For our 

analyses, a dynamic yield strength value σYS = 558 MPa was used, based on dynamic tensile tests 

performed at MPA Stuttgart.
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If KJc < KJc(limit), the value can be used “as is” in the subsequent Master Curve analysis. If

KJc ≥ KJc(limit), the value is censored and replaced with KJc(limit) in the Master Curve analysis. As 

will be seen in the following, only two of the 24 tests performed yielded a KJc value above the 

specimen measuring capacity.

For each individual test, the stress intensity rate at fracture is obtained by dividing the KJc

value by the corresponding time to fracture tf.

3.2 Master Curve analysis

Each individual KJc, calculated according to eqs. 6-10, is size-adjusted with respect to the 

thickness of a 25 mm-thick C(T) specimen (1TCT5):

( )

1/ 4

1

(1 ) ( ) 20 20 













 = + −

TCT

PCC

Jc TCT Kc PCC B

B

K K (12)

where BPCC and B1TCT = 25 mm are, respectively, the gross thicknesses (neglecting any sidegrooves) of the test specimen and the reference 1TCT specimen.

As mentioned above, any KJc value which exceeds the specimen capacity given by eq. 11

is censored and replaced with KJc(limit) in subsequent analyses.

A provisional dynamic reference temperature value, T0Q, is calculated by iteratively solving 

the following equality [12,13]:

[ ( )]

[ ( )]

( ) [ ( )]

{ [ ( )]} 0

11.0 76.7 exp 0.019

20 exp 0.019

11.0 76.7 exp 0.019

exp 0.019

5

0

0

4

( )

1 0

0 = + ⋅ −

− ⋅ − − + ⋅ −

− ∑

= i Q

N Jc i i Q

i i Q

i Q

i

T T

K T T

T T

T T

δ (13)

where: N = number of specimens tested;

Ti = test temperature;

KJc(i) = side-adjusted test result or censored value;

δi = 1 if the datum is valid or 0 if it’s a censored value.

The provisional value T0Q is validated as the dynamic reference temperature of the material 

at the specific loading rate if:

∑

=

≥

3

1

1

i

ini r (14)

where ri is the number of valid tests within the i-th temperature range (T – T0), and ni is the 

specimen weighting factor for the same temperature range as shown in Table 5.

 5 1TCT = 1 in.-thick C(T) specimen. The thickness is rounded from 1 in. = 25.4 mm to 25 mm.
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Table 5 – Weighting factors for Master Curve analysis.

(T – T0) range

(°C)

Weighting factor

ni

50 to -14 1/6

-15 to -35 1/7

-36 to -50 1/8

For the tests performed, the test temperature (0 °C) lies within the first range in Table 5, so 

each one of the 23 valid tests contributes by 1/6. The relationship expressed by eq. 14 is therefore 

satisfied, and T0Q is validated as T0,d.

The toughness/temperature transition curve (Master Curve) is given by:

[ ( )] ( ) 019 0 KJc med = 30 + 70⋅exp 0. T −T (15)

where KJc(med) is the median KJc toughness for 1TCT specimens. Upper and lower tolerance bounds 

(typically corresponding to 5 % and 95 % cumulative fracture probability) can be calculated by 

means of:

{ [ ( 0 )]}

1/ 4

(0. ) 11 77 exp 0.019

1 0.

1 20 ln T T

xx

KJc xx + ⋅ − 



 



 



 





− = + (16)

where 0.xx = 0.05 and 0.95 for the 5 % and 95 % tolerance bounds, respectively.
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4. Results

Out of 25 PCC specimens of 22NiMoCr37 shipped to NIST, 24 analyzable data sets were 

obtained. During the test on specimen B14, the data acquisition system did not trigger and the 

instrumented data were lost.

Only two of the 24 tested specimens (D3) provided KJc values which exceeded KJc(limit)

given by eq. 11 and were therefore replaced with the limit values in the analyses. The summation 

in eq. 14 equals 3.677, based on 22 valid results. Table 6 reports individual values of KJc(PCC), 

KJc(limit), KJc(1TCT), and dK/dt.

Table 6 – Individual test results. NOTE: invalid tests marked in red italic font.

Specimen

ID

KJc(PCC)

(MPa√m)

KJc(limit)

(MPa√m)

KJc(1TCT)

(MPa√m)

dK/dt

(105 MPa√m/s)

L2 85.3 172.6 71.9 3.09

E1 94.2 170.2 78.9 3.36

G7 107.2 172.2 89.3 3.25

D7 110.9 172.0 92.3 3.40

M12 112.2 170.7 93.3 3.35

M10 117.3 171.8 97.3 3.26

4A 118.7 172.0 98.5 3.25

M1 118.8 171.5 98.5 3.41

E10 119.1 171.9 98.8 3.46

K3 125.1 171.4 103.6 3.43

G3 131.7 170.0 108.7 3.43

L10 137.2 169.8 113.2 3.42

N14 137.9 170.1 113.7 3.41

L14 140.3 172.5 115.7 3.32

N6 144.4 170.0 118.9 3.37

12A 147.3 170.9 121.1 3.17

K7 147.6 170.9 121.6 3.35

M4 150.6 171.3 123.9 3.16

M2 150.9 172.0 124.1 3.25

D11 160.5 170.7 131.5 3.24

H9 166.5 171.3 136.6 3.15

E13 172.0 172.0 140.2 3.10

B2 175.7 169.4 138.1 3.06

D3 203.0 169.6 138.4 2.91

The average stress intensity rate for the 24 tests analyzed was 3.3 × 105 MPa√m ± 4.4 %.

The reference temperature, calculated by iteratively solving the equality in eq. 13 and 

validated by the condition expressed in eq. 14, is:

T0 = -7.5 °C .

The uncertainty of the calculated reference temperature is given by:

2

exp

2

σ β σ = +

r

(17)
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where: β = sample size uncertainty factor;

r = number of valid KJc results;

σexp = contribution of experimental uncertainties (if standard calibration practices 

are followed, σexp = 4 °C).

The value of the sample size uncertainty factor depends on the median toughness of the 

data set, which is expressed as [14]:

∑ [ ( )] =

= + ⋅ − r

i

i

eq

Jc med T T

r

K

1 ( ) 0 30 70 exp 0.019 ( 1 (18)

For the data set under consideration, eq. 18 yields = eq KJc(med ) 110.7 MPa√m, and therefore [15]

β = 18 °C. Substituting in eq. 17, the uncertainty of the calculated reference temperature is 

therefore σ = 5.6 °C.

The size-adjusted experimental data are shown in Figure 3 with the corresponding dynamic 

Master Curve (corresponding to 50 % fracture probability), as well as the 5 % and 95 % tolerance 

bounds.

Figure 3 – Experimental data and dynamic Master Curves corresponding to 50 % (solid curve), 

95 % (upper dashed curve), and 5 % (lower dashed curve) fracture probabilities.

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

-50 -30 -10 10 30 50

1T-normalized KJc (MPa

√m)

Temperature (°C)

Black points: censored data
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5. Discussion

The value obtained at NIST for the dynamic reference temperature of 22NiMoCr37 by 

testing PCC specimens at an average loading rate of 3.28 × 105 MPa√m/s, T0,d = -7.5  ̊C ± 5.6  ̊C, 

is in excellent agreement with the value reported in [7,8] for PCC specimens (SE(B) 10 × 10) 

tested at -20 °C at 2 × 105 MPa√m/s (T0,d = -7 °C).

With respect to the quasi-static value of the reference temperature reported in [8], 

T0 = -68 °C, the increase in T0 caused by the increase in loading rate is 62 °C.

It has been contended [8] that dynamic fracture toughness could be limited by crack arrest 

effects, and therefore a lower-bound dynamic Master Curve (such as the 5 % tolerance bound) 

should be limited by the ASME KIR reference curve [6]. In reactor safety assessment, the KIR curve 

is deemed to represent a lower bound for fracture toughness properties, particularly for accidental 

situations when high loading/strain rates are encountered. On this topic, the German government 

recently funded a collaborative research project between IWM and MPA to investigate the 

correlation between dynamic crack initiation and crack arrest: it was found that the KIR curve 

effectively bounds dynamic fracture toughness properties measured from PCC specimens tested 

at impact loading rates [7]. Our results confirm the outcome of the German project, as shown in 

Figure 4: all experimental data, and the relevant 5 % Master Curve, fall above the KIR curve, which 

is given by:

= 26.78 +1.223⋅ exp[0.0145( − +160)] KIR T RTNDT (19)

with KIR in ksi√in. and temperatures T and RTNDT in  ̊F. RTNDT for the 22NiMoCr37 steel is -20  ̊C 

or -4  ̊F, according to Table 2 [8].

Figure 4 – Comparison between dynamic Master Curves and ASME KIR lower-bound curve.

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

-50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50

1T-normalized KJc (MPa√m)

Temperature (°C)

Dynamic

Master Curve

5% tolerance

bound

ASME KIR

lower bound curve
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Other researchers have claimed that high loading rate data might not be represented 

satisfactorily by the Master Curve equation, eq. 15, which is typically used for quasi-static test 

data. In particular, Schindler and Kalkhof [16] claimed that the dynamic Master Curve is steeper, 

and proposed the following expression for the median Master Curve equation:

[ ( )] ( ) 0 KJc med = 30 +C ⋅ exp p T −T , (20)

where the rate-dependent form factor p equals 0.019 for quasi-static loading rates, but can increase 

up to 0.04 for impact loading rates on the order of 105 MPa√m. This would happen as a result of 

adiabatic heating at the crack tip caused by elevated loading rates, which tends to counteract the 

effect of dynamic embrittlement. Böhme et al. [8] used p = 0.03 for their dynamic Master Curve 

evaluations. The results obtained by comparing eq. 15, corresponding to p = 0.019, and eq. 20 with 

C = 70 MPa√m and p = 0.03, are depicted in Figure 5 together with our experimental data after 

size adjustment. The reference temperature changes only by 2.2  ̊C (T0,p=0.03 = -5.3  ̊C).

With only one experimental data set, it’s hard to confirm or refute Schindler’s claim. We 

note that all the experimental data points are bounded by both the “conventional” 5 % Master 

Curve and the alternative 5 % confidence bound with p = 0.03.

Figure 5 – Comparison between experimental data and Master Curves corresponding to eq. 15

(red curves) and to eq. 20 (green curves), that is p = 0.0019 and p = 0.03 respectively.

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

-50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50

1T-normalized KJc (MPa√m)

Temperature (°C)
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6. Conclusions

The dynamic fracture toughness of a German pressure vessel steel, denominated 

22MoNiCr37, was characterized in the ductile-to-brittle transition region by testing 25 precracked 

and side-grooved Charpy-type (PCC) specimens by means of an instrumented impact machine. 

Tests were performed at 0  ̊C with an impact velocity of 1.21 m/s, corresponding to a stress 

intensity factor rate (loading rate) on the order of 3 × 105 MPa√m/s. The fracture toughness values 

corresponding to unstable fracture, KJc, were statistically evaluated in accordance with the Master 

Curve methodology (ASTM E1921-14a).

The value obtained for the dynamic reference temperature, corresponding to a median 

dynamic fracture toughness of 100 MPa√m for 1TCT specimens, was T0,d= -7.5  ̊C, with a standard 

deviation of 5.6  ̊C. Our results, which represent the NIST contribution to a cooperative project 

with IWM Freiburg and MPA Stuttgart (Germany), are in excellent agreement with results 

previously published by IWM.

As far as the author was able to ascertain, these are the first dynamic fracture toughness 

tests ever performed at NIST Boulder and the results look extremely promising in view of a future 

application of this methodology to other materials of interest to NIST, such as pipeline steels, ultrahigh-energy steels, welded joints, etc.

Acknowledgments

The author gratefully acknowledges Ray Santoyo’s collaboration during the execution of the 

impact tests.
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