Static and Dynamic Fracture Toughness of Graphite Materials with Varying Grain Sizes
Sihui Tong1, Boyuan Cao1, Dongqing Tian2, Qinwei Ma1, Guangyan Liu1,*, Li Shi2, Libin Sun2
The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.29, No.1, pp. 1-1, 2024, DOI:10.32604/icces.2024.010870
Abstract Graphite materials serve critical roles as moderators, reflectors and core structural components in high-temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactors. These materials may experience a variety of loads during the reactor operation, including thermal, radiation, fatigue and dynamic loads, potentially leading to crack initiation and propagation. Consequently, it is imperative to investigate the fracture properties of graphite materials. Currently, there exists a dearth of comprehensive studies on the fracture toughness of graphite materials with varying grain sizes, especially regarding dynamic fracture toughness. This study introduces a novel approach utilizing a digital-image-correlation-based virtual extensometer to analyze crack propagation in… More >