PhD Program Batch – 2017

4th Doctoral Progress Review

Investigation of
Fracture Properties using Small Punch Test

Ph.D. Research Scholar

Mr. PRUTHVISHKUMAR PATEL (Enrollment # 179999919038)
Sr. Manager – Finite Element Analysis
India Technology Center, Xylem Inc., Vadodara

Supervisor : DPC Members :

Dr. B. K. Patel, LDCE-Ahmedabad 1) Dr. B. B. Kuchhadiya, GEC-Rajkot
+91 94271 39193 2) Dr. Vinay Vakharia, PDPU-Gandhinagar
Outline
 Work Done during Semester-4

 DPC-3 Comments

 DPC-3 Comments & Compliance

 Research Hypothesis

 Research Plan

 FEA Simulations

 Research Progress Review

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Work Done during Semester-4
 Reviewed the latest trends & development in small punch testing domain.
 Refined the researched gap and objective.
 Formulate research plan
 Started to establish reliable FEA methodology to test the high-level variables.

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DPC – 3 : Comments

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DPC – 3 : Comments Compliance – 1 & 2
1) Study latest research papers for identifying latest developments in the
research area.
2) Novelty of the work should be defined after in-depth literature review.

[1] T. D. Shikalgar, B. K. Dutta, and J. Chattopadhyay, “Determination of J-initiation toughness using

pre-cracked small punch test specimens,” Procedia Struct. Integr., vol. 14, pp. 529–536, 2019.

[2] P. Hähner, C. Soyarslan, B. Gülçimen Çakan, and S. Bargmann, “Determining tensile yield stresses
from Small Punch tests: A numerical-based scheme,” Mater. Des., vol. 182, p. 107974, 2019.

[3] Y. Koga, Y. Arao, and M. Kubouchi, “Application of small punch test to lifetime prediction of
plasticized polyvinyl chloride wire,” Polym. Degrad. Stab., vol. 171, p. 109013, 2019.

[4] K. Li, J. Peng, and C. Zhou, “Construction of whole stress-strain curve by small punch test and
inverse finite element,” Results Phys., vol. 11, no. August, pp. 440–448, 2018.

[5] I. Simonovski, D. Baraldi, S. Holmström, E. Altstadt, R. Delville, and M. Bruchhausen,

“Determining the ultimate tensile strength of fuel cladding tubes by small punch testing,” J. Nucl.
Mater., vol. 509, pp. 620–630, 2018.

[6] I. Simonovski, S. Holmström, and M. Bruchhausen, “Small punch tensile testing of curved
specimens: Finite element analysis and experiment,” Int. J. Mech. Sci., vol. 120, no. October
2016, pp. 204–213, 2017.

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DPC – 3 : Comments Compliance - 3
3) Justify the selection of parameters based in literature review.

 Small punch test techniques has been used since 1980 primarily to evaluate the
degraded material strength under in-service component for irradiation application.
 Reseracher so far have investigated the impact due to variation in geometry, process
& measurement and it’s well documented.
 Reserachers has also extended the scope of SPT for strength evalaution of non-
irradiated materials and applications.
 But still the scope exists to investigate the viability of traditional industrial materials
strength evalution using SPT for non-irradiated application.

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Research Hypothesis

Investigation of in-service centrifugal pump

strength using small punch test.

Specific Objective :
• Investigate correlation to estimate the elasto-plastic stress-strain behavior
using SPT for Grey Cast Iron (Class-30) of non-irradiated application.
• Evaluate the fracture behavior. (Optional)

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Research Plan
 Refine research gap & objective

 Establish FEA Methodology

 Conduct detailed numerical test plan on Grey cast iron with some
prominent variables

 Validate numerical results with experimental testing

 Co-relate numerical & experimental results

 Detailed out Stress-Strain behavior estimation using SPT

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FEA Simulations

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FEA Simulations (Static Implicite Analysis)

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FEA Simulations (Explicite Dynamic Analysis)

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Research Progress Review
 Research objective was defined to conduct the
DEFINE investigative research in domain of solid
mechanics to estimate material strength using
Scope & Plan the
Project small punch test.

 30+ research papers has been referred to

• Define Research Objective
acknowledge the recent development in
subjected domain and research gap.
• Literature Review
 Formulated the quantitative research
• Formulate Research hypothesis with reference of research problem
Hypothesis & identified gaps.

• Project plan.  “DMAIC” approach to be used to conduct

research and project plan has been discussed.

Sem: 1-2

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Research Progress Review
 With reference of literature review,
multidisciplinary potential variables identified –
MEASURE which are invariant to influence strength
Define Variables evaluation.

 So far, the best practiced standard

• Identify potential variables specifications has been discussed for identified
variables.

 Defined key variables which are going to be

• Collect baseline data
scope of this research and formulated the
detailed research plan to proceed further.

• Formulate research plan.  Started to work on actions identified through

research plan.

Sem: 3-4

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 THANK
YOU

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