Use of instrumented Charpy tests to determine onset of upper-shelf energy. [None]

For many large ferritic steel pressure vessels, assurance of continued safe operation depends on the fracture toughness properties of the base metals and weld metals which are used in the vessel fabrication. The testing procedure discussed in this paper was developed for nuclear pressure vessel steels and their weldments. Consequently these materials served as the basis for the development of the procedure. The procedure is applicable to any steel and hence 2/one quarter/ Cr-1 Mo (A 387 grade D) and C-Mn-Si (A 212 grade B) steels were included in this study. 11 refs.