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Section 5<br />

Table 5.2. The mechanical <strong>properties</strong> <strong>of</strong> the mild steel St37.<br />

the MnS-inclusions, on average, by about a factor <strong>of</strong> (5÷7). The dimple length is comparable<br />

to the length <strong>of</strong> the MnS inclusions.<br />

It should be noted that we consider in our analysis only particles forming primary voids near<br />

the crack tip, therefore, Fe3C particles, forming very small equiaxed cavities during the void<br />

coalescence will not be taken into account.<br />

5.2. The effects <strong>of</strong> the particle location <strong>and</strong> the inclusion size on the CODi- <strong>and</strong> CODvi-<br />

values<br />

Material<br />

E<br />

[GPa]<br />

σy<br />

[MPa]<br />

Nine MnS-inclusions located in front <strong>of</strong> the crack tip are investigated. The procedure<br />

described in Section 3 is used to estimate the CODi- <strong>and</strong> CODvi-values <strong>and</strong> the polar<br />

coordinates <strong>of</strong> the particle location with respect to the crack plane. Pr<strong>of</strong>iles perpendicular to<br />

the crack front are analyzed. In Figure 5.4, the pr<strong>of</strong>iles for Inclusion 4 in Table 9.17 are<br />

Fig. 5.3. Corresponding stereopaires from the <strong>fracture</strong> surface <strong>of</strong> the mild steel St37.<br />

71<br />

σUTS<br />

[MPa]<br />

N α<br />

Steel 37 200 299 426 0.2 7.95 51<br />

JIC<br />

[kN/m]

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