Research Article

Fractographic Analysis of Brinar 400 and Brinar 500 Steels in Impact Testing

Table 1

Selected mechanical properties of steels Brinar 400 and Brinar 500: D: as-delivered, N: normalized, MD: manufacturer’s data [7, 8], OR: own results, L: longitudinal direction, T: transverse direction, and NA: not available.

Steel gradeKCV−20Hardness
GPaMPaMPa%%J/cm2HBW
MDORMDORMDORMDORMDORMDORMDOR

Brinar 400
 D(L)NA2.03 ± 0.0611001156 ± 2913001248 ± 31210.3 ± 0.3NA52.2 ± 2.63558 ± 19360–440412 ± 2
 D(T)NA2.04 ± 0.14NA1149 ± 41NA1242 ± 34NA10.0 ± 0.6NA50.2 ± 6.5NA49 ± 2.4
 N(L)NA1.97 ± 0.14NA493 ± 7NA695 ± 11NA18.8 ± 2.1NA46.6 ± 3.5NA9 ± 0.6NA209 ± 2
 N(T)NA1.92 ± 0.05NA485 ± 8NA679 ± 7NA20.6 ± 1.7NA47.0 ± 1.6NA9 ± 1.5
Brinar 500
 D(L)NA2.10 ± 0.2313501278 ± 1015001494 ± 8811.0 ± 0.2NA46.2 ± 8.62545 ± 1.0480472 ± 4
 D(T)NA1.98 ± 0.12NA1279 ± 27NA1493 ± 14NA10.9 ± 1.0NA43.4 ± 2.4NA40 ± 11.1
 N(L)NA1.88 ± 0.05NA560 ± 36NA926 ± 6NA22.4 ± 1.0NA33.3 ± 3.9NA9 ± 1.6NA347 ± 10
 N(T)NA1.85 ± 0.03NA545 ± 6NA937 ± 6NA21.7 ± 0.1NA33.4 ± 1.7NA8 ± 0.3