Review of Developments in Plane Strain Fracture Toughness Testing

The object of this book is to bring together a series of papers which describe recent experience obtained in the United States and in England with the application of the ASTM E24 Proposed Method of Test for Plane Strain Fracture Toughness of Metallic Materials. This information supplements that which has appeared in ASTM STP 381 on Fracture Toughness Testing and its Application and in STP 410 on Plane Strain Crack Toughness Testing of High Strength Metallic Materials. This publication is a cooperative effort of ASTM and NASA. NASA research personnel have participated in ASTM Fracture Committee activities since their inception in 1959.