Research Article

Applicability of the Modified Ritchie-Knott-Rice Failure Criterion to Examine the Feasibility of Miniaturized Charpy Type SE(B) Specimens

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Fracture surfaces and load versus crack-mouth opening displacement diagrams of the 2t SE(B) specimens (S55C, 20°C). Large stable crack extension before cleavage fracture was observed, as predicted from the failure criterion. Note that  mm does not correspond to the final fracture.