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49directions. This was done to determine the fracture toughness in various directions <strong>of</strong> thematerial.The first type <strong>of</strong> orientation <strong>and</strong> specimen category is the Longitudinal Notched tothe Side specimen (LS). The long direction <strong>of</strong> this specimen type runs along the length<strong>of</strong> the eyebar. This direction is parallel to the direction in which the eyebar was “rolled”,<strong>and</strong> is the same direction in which the slag particles in the material are elongated. Thenotch <strong>of</strong> the LS specimens was orientated to the side <strong>of</strong> the eyebar, as shown in Figure3.17. This orientation <strong>of</strong> the notch evaluates the fracture toughness <strong>of</strong> the material toresist a crack if it was running against the longitudinal grain-like structure <strong>of</strong> the wroughtiron <strong>and</strong> propagating across the width <strong>of</strong> the eyebar.The second type <strong>of</strong> orientation <strong>and</strong> specimen category is the LongitudinalNotched to the Top specimen (LU). The long direction <strong>of</strong> these specimens, like the LSspecimens, runs along the length <strong>of</strong> the eyebar. The notch <strong>of</strong> the LU specimens wasfaced upward, toward the top or front <strong>of</strong> the eyebar, as seen in Figure 3.17. Thisorientation <strong>of</strong> the notch evaluates the material fracture toughness to resist a crack if it wasrunning through the thickness <strong>of</strong> the eyebar <strong>and</strong> against the longitudinal grain-likestructure <strong>of</strong> the wrought iron. LU specimens are similar to LS specimens, although thedirection <strong>of</strong> crack growth differs.The third type <strong>of</strong> orientation <strong>and</strong> specimen category is the Transverse Notchedspecimens (T). The long direction <strong>of</strong> this specimen type is perpendicular to thelongitudinal direction <strong>of</strong> the eyebar. The T specimens are therefore perpendicular to theother LU <strong>and</strong> LS specimens <strong>and</strong> the slag deposits that are deposited along the length <strong>of</strong>the eyebar. The notch <strong>of</strong> the T specimens was orientated to the side <strong>of</strong> the specimen, -seeFigure 3.17. This orientation <strong>of</strong> the notch evaluates the fracture toughness <strong>of</strong> the materialto resist a crack that runs along the longitudinal direction <strong>of</strong> the eyebar.

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