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The present paper summarizes the development of miniaturized small-punch (SP) and TEM-disc (TD) testing techniques and shows their applicability in characterizing the mechanical properties of irradiated materials. The yield strength, ductility and fracture toughness,J lc, were empirically estimated by analysing the deformation and fracture behaviour observed in the miniaturized specimen tests. The ductile-brittle transition temperature (DBTT) was determined from the variation of the SP or TD fracture energy with temperature. A linear correlation between the DBTT obtained from the SP and Charpy V-notched specimen tests has been theoretically and experimentally established. The problems of cracking detection and data scattering often observed in the SP or TD specimen tests are discussed in terms of heterogeneous embrittlement behaviour of materials. It has been demonstrated that these miniaturized testing techniques are capable of evaluating hardening, DBTT shifts andJ lc decreases caused by neutron irradiation.
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Kameda, J., Mao, X. Small-punch and TEM-disc testing techniques and their application to characterization of radiation damage. J Mater Sci 27, 983–989 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01197651
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