... of plastic work rate provided by the thickness reduction near the fracture plane is a useful preliminary assessment of the fracture toughness. crack arrest dynamic fracture fracture mechanics temperature gradient toughness wide-plate testing Roland deWit, 1 Richard J. Fields, ~and George R...

... No one single source currently exists which gives an overall picture of the meaning and usefulness of wide-plate test data. The intent of this series of papers is to provide a summary of the status of available knowledge—attained by the author as the result of almost 20 years of experience...

... Depending on the ultimate purpose of the test, many wide-plate test specimen designs have been developed to provide a quantitative framework for evaluating both the fracture initiation and the fracture propagation or arrest conditions. This paper focuses on historical developments in wide-plate...

... This paper, which is Part II of this series on wide-plate testing of weldments, reviews various wide-plate test specimen designs in relation to their intended uses. In addition, some specimen designs are discussed which are recommended for particular structural details that cannot be modeled...

... This paper, Part III in this series on wide-plate testing of weldments, reviews the latest developments in wide-plate test procedures used for evaluation of the heat-affected zone (HAZ) toughness in steel weldments. In particular, emphasis is placed on the transversely loaded wide-plate test...