CHARPY TEST

1. 2. 3. 4. INTRODUCTION CHARPY V TEST OTHER TESTS STANDARDS

1. INTRODUCTION
The Charpy test is the test to determine the resistance of a material against shocks. The test temperature is very important because the resistance does decrease with decreasing temperature. The temperature at which the resistance suddenly drops to a lower value, the shifting from ductile to brittle fracture, is called the transition temperature. For the designer, it is important to know where the transition temperature is located. As a matter of fact, operating below this temperature will increase very much the risk for fracture.

2. CHARPY TEST
The test consists of breaking by one blow from a swinging pendulum, under conditions defined by standards, a test piece notched in the middle and supported at each end. The energy absorbed is determined in joules. This absorbed energy is a measure of the impact strength of a material. The test bar, notched in the center, is located on two supports. The hammer will fracture the test bar and the absorpted energy (in Joule) is an indication for the resistance of the material to shock loads. There are 2 types of Charpy tests: U-notch, called Charpy U V-notch, called Charpy V.

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The speed of the hammer at impact is 5 to 5,5 m / s. For test equipment, built before 1983, this can be 4,5 to 7,0 m / s.

Energy of the hammer must be 300 J +/- 10 J. The dimensions are given in the following figure: 1 : 7 : 8 : 9 : 10: 11: 12: length of test bar anvil gap 40 +0,2 / 0,0 mm 1 + 0,5 / 0,0 mm

radius of anvil anvil draft

11 +/- 1 3 0 +/- 1

draft angle hammer

radius of hammer 2 + 0,5 / 0,0 mm thickness of hammer 18 mm

Angle between anvil and test bar support must be 90 +/- 0,1

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The dimensions of the test bar (according to EN 10045) are indicated in the table below.

No 1 2 3

Item Length Heigth Width: normal Width: small Width: smaller Rest thickness Notch angle Notch radius Center notch to anvil Angle notch to bar Angle bar planes 55 mm 10 mm 10 mm

Charpy U +/- 0,60 +/- 0,11 +/- 0,11

Charpy V 55 mm 10 mm 10 mm 7,5 mm 5,0 mm 8 mm 45 0,25 mm 27,5 mm 90 90 +/- 0,60 +/- 0,06 +/- 0,11 +/- 0,11 +/- 0,06 +/- 0,06 +/- 2 +/- 0,025 +/- 0,42 +/- 2 +/- 2

4 5 6

5 mm 1 mm 27,5 mm 90 90

+/- 0,09 +/- 0,07 +/- 0,42 +/- 2 +/- 2

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The test is performed, if not indicated, at 23 C +/- 5 C. If the temperature is indicated, the tolerance is +/- 2 C. If the temperature is different from room temperature (23 C), the test bar must be homogenously (all over the material section) at the indicated temperature. This is done by: at least 10 min in a liquid environment at least 30 min in a gaseous environment. The test must be performed within 5 s (seconds) after the test bar has been removed from the (cooling or heating) environment. If the test bar is not fractured, this must be indicated in the report: no fracture . The test report must contain: standard type of test bar (form and dimensions) test bar identification test bar location (especially for forgings: longitudinal, quer) nominal capacity of test equipment test bar temperature result in J, indicating KV (Charpy V) or KU (Charpy U).

Designation of result: KV = 121 J Energy capacity equipment 300 J, Charpy V, 121 J test result Energy capacity equipment 150 J (alternative 100 J), Charpy U, 65 J test result

KU 150 = 65 J KU 100 = 65 J

KV 100/7,5 = 83 J Energy capacity equipment 100 J, test bar width 7,5 mm KV 100/5 = 83 J (alternative 5 mm), test result 83 J

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3. OTHER TESTS

The dimensions and tolerances are (indicative) indicated on next page.

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DIMENSION OF SHOCK TESTS Name Design. Length mm ISO-V test ISO-U test DVM test DVMF test DVMK test Special Mesnager IZOD ISO-V ISO-U DVM DVMF DVMK KLST 55 55 55 55 44 27 55 > 75 Width mm 10 10 10 8 6 3 10 10 Heigth mm 10 10 10 10 6 4 10 10 Notch mm 2 5 3 2 2 1 2 2 Section mm2 80 50 70 48 24 9 80 80 Notch radius mm 0,25 1 1 4 0,75 0,1 2 0,25 Notch angle 45 Opening anvil mm 40 40 40 40 30 22 40

60 45

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4. STANDARDS
EN 10045 Metallic materials; Charpy impact test; Part 1 Test method EN 10045 Metallic materials; Charpy impact test; Part 2 Test equipment EU 7-55 DIN 50115 /02.75 Test DIN 51306-1983 Test equipment ISO 83-1976 for Charpy U ISO 148 for Charpy V ISO 442-1965 Test equipment NF A 03-508-1985 Test equipment BS 131- part 4-1972 Test equipment JIS Z 2242 Test method JIS Z 2202 Impact test

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