E UROP EAN STANDARD E N 10 045-1

NORME E UROP É E NNE

E UROPÄISCH E NORM Ma rch 1990

UDC 669:620.178.746.22

Key words: Meta l produ cts, m echa nical t est s, Cha r py im pa ct t est s, test specimens, t est ing con dit ion s.

E n glish ver sion

Met a llic m a t er ia ls — Ch a r py im pa ct t est —

P a r t 1: Test m et h od

Ma t ér ia u x m ét a lliqu es — E ssai de flexion pa r Met a llisch e Werk st offe —

ch oc su r épr ou vet t e Ch a r py — Ker bsch la gbiegeversu ch n a ch Ch a rpy —
P a r t ie 1: Mét h ode d’essa i Teil 1: P r ü fver fa h r en

Th is E u r opea n St a n da rd wa s a ccept ed by CE N on 27 Novem ber 1989. CE N

m em bers ar e bou n d t o comply wit h t h e r equir emen t s of t h e CE N/CE NE LE C
Comm on Rules wh ich s t ipu la t e t h e cond ition s for givin g t h is E u ropea n
Sta n da r d t h e st at u s of a n a tion a l st an d ar d wit h ou t an y alt er a t ion .
Up-t o-da t e list s a nd bibliogra p hica l refer en ces con cern in g su ch n at ion a l
st a nda rds m a y be obt a in ed on a pplica t ion t o t he CE N Cen t ra l Secret a r ia t or t o
a n y CE N m em ber .
Th is E u r opea n St a n da r d exist s in t h ree officia l ver sion s (E nglish , F ren ch,
Germ an ). A ver sion in a n y ot h er lan gu a ge m ad e by t r a n sla tion u n der t h e
r es pon sibility of a CE N m em ber in t o it s own la n gu a ge a n d n ot ified t o CE N
Cent r al Secr et a r ia t h a s t h e sa me s ta t us a s t h e officia l vers ion s.
CE N m em ber s a r e t h e n a t ion a l st a n da r d or ga n izat ion s of Au st r ia , Belgiu m ,
Den m a rk, F in la n d , F r a nce, Ger m a n y, Greece, Icela n d, Ir ela n d, It aly,
Lu xem bur g, Net her lan d s, Nor wa y, P or tu ga l, Spain , Swed en , Swit zerla n d an d
Un it ed Kin gdom .

CE N
E u rop ea n Com m it t ee for St a n da r diza tion
Com it é E u r opéen de N or m a lis a t ion
E u ropäisch es Kom it ee fü r Nor m u ng

C e n t r a l S e c r e t a r ia t : R u e B r é d e r o d e 2 , B -100 0 B r u s s e ls

© CE N 1990 Copyr igh t reser ved t o a ll CE N m em ber s

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B r i e f h is t or y Con t e n t s
P a ge
Th e pr oposa l for t h is E u r opean St an da rd wa s
pr epa r ed by t h e Tech n ica l Com m itt ee E CISS/TC1A Br ief h ist or y 2
“Mech a nica l a nd ph ysica l t est s”, t h e Secr eta r ia t of F oreword 2
wh ich ha s been a lloca ted to t h e Associa t ion 1 Object a n d field of a pplica t ion 3
F r an ça ise de N orm a lisa t ion (AF NOR).
2 Referen ces 3
It r epresen ts t he firs t pa rt of t he gen era l s t a n da rd :
Met allic m a t er ia ls — Im pa ct t est . 3 P r in ciple 3
Th is E u r opean St a n da r d r epla ces t h e E u ron or m s: 4 Design a tions 3
E U 7-55, Ch a r py im pa ct t es t for st eel. 5 Test pieces 3
E U-45-63, Im pa ct t est in g using V-n otch , bea m 6 Test in g m a chin e 3
t ype t es t piece. 7 Test r equ irem en t s 5
Th is E u r opean St a nda rd wa s a dopt ed by CEN 8 Test r epor t 5
on 27 Novem ber 1989. An n ex A List of n at ion a l st a n da r ds
Accor din g t o th e Com m on CE N /CE N E LE C Ru les , cor r espon din g t o t h e r eferen ce Eu r opea n
bein g pa rt of t h e In t ern a l Regu lat ion s of CE N, th e St a n da r d in p repa r a t ion 8
followin g cou n t r ies a re bou n d t o im plem en t th is F igu re 1 — Ch a rpy im pa ct t es t 6
E u ropea n Sta n d ar d: F igu re 2 — Con figu r at ion of t est piece
Au st ria , Belgiu m , Denm ar k, F in la n d, F r a n ce, su pport s an d a n vils 7
Germ an y, Gr eece, Icelan d, Irela n d, It aly, Ta ble 1 — Design a t ion s 3
Lu xembu r g, Net h erla n ds , N or wa y, P or t u ga l, Sp ain ,
Sweden , Switzerla n d an d U nit ed Kin gdom . Ta ble 2 — Toler a n ces on specified t est piece
dim en sions 4
F o r e w or d Ta ble 3 — Ch a ra ct er ist ics of test in g
m a chin e 5
Th e st an d a rd E N 10 045 con cer ns m eta llic Ta ble 4 — N a t iona l st a n da r ds cor r es pon din g
m a t er ials — Ch a r py im pa ct t est a nd com pr ises t h e t o pr oposed E ur opea n St a n da rd 8
followin g pa r t s:
— P a r t 1: Meth od of test;
— P a r t 2: Ver ifica tion of pen d u lu m im p a ct testin g
m a ch in es.
P a rt 1 of E N 10 045 is ba sed on th e followin g ISO
St a n da r ds:
ISO 83-1976, St eel — Cha r py im pa ct t est
(U -n ot ch ).
ISO 148-1983, Steel — Cha r py im pa ct t est
(V-n ot ch ).

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1 O b je c t a n d fi e ld o f a p p lic a t io n
1.1 Th is P a r t of t his E u ropea n St a n da r d describes
t he Ch a rpy im pa ct t es t (U a nd V-n otch ) for m et a llic
m a t er ials .
F or cer ta in pa r t icu la r m et a llic m a ter ia ls a nd
a pplica t ion s, th e Ch a r py im pa ct t est m a y be t h e
su bject of specific st a nda rds an d pa r t icu la r
r equ ir em en t s.
2 R e fe r e n c e s
ISO 286-1-1988, IS O s yst em of lim it s a n d fit s —
P a rt 1: Gen era l, toler a n ces a n d d evia tion s.
E N 10 045-2 1), Meta llic ma t er ia ls — Cha r py im pa ct
t es t — P a r t 2: Verifica t ion of pen du lu m im pact
t est in g m a ch ines.
3 P r in c ip le
Th e test cons ist s of brea king by on e blow from a
swin gin g pen du lu m, u n der con dit ion s d efined
h erea ft er , a t est piece n ot ch ed in t h e m iddle an d
su p port ed a t ea ch en d. Th e en er gy abs or bed is
det er m in ed in jou les. This a bs or bed en ergy is a
m ea su re of t h e im pa ct s tr en gth of t h e m at eria l.
4 D e s i g n a t io n s
Th e design a tions a pplicable t o t h is st a n da rd a re a s
in dicat ed in Ta ble 1 an d F igu re 1 a n d F igur e 2.
T a b le 1 — D e s ign a t io n s
R e fe r e n ce D e s ig n a t i on
(see F igu re 1 an d
F igu re 2)
1 Len gt h of t est piece
2 H eight of t es t piece
3 Widt h of t est piece
4 H eigh t below n otch
5 An gle of not ch
6 Ra diu s of cu rva t u r e of
ba se of n ot ch
7 Dist a nce between a n vils
8 Ra diu s of a n vils
9 An gle of t a per of ea ch
a n vil
10 An gle of t a per of st r iker
11 Ra diu s of cu r va t u re of
st r ik er
12 Width of st r ik er
— E n ergy a bs or bed by
brea ka ge KU or KV
1) In pr epa ra t ion. Un t il t his E u r opea n St an dar d is pu blish ed r eferen ce ca n be ma de t o t he cor respon din g na t iona l or
in ter n a tiona l st an dar ds, a list of wh ich is given in an n ex A.
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5 Te st p ie ces
5.1 Sam plin g, n u m ber of t est pieces an d t heir
loca tion sh a ll be a s s pecified in t h e relevan t produ ct
st a nda rd.
5.2 Th e s ta n da r d t es t piece s ha ll be 55 m m lon g an d
of squ ar e sect ion wit h 10 m m s ides. In th e cent r e of
t he len gt h , t h er e sh all be a n ot ch . Two t ypes of n ot ch
a re s pecified.
a ) V-n ot ch of 45°, 2 m m deep wit h a 0,25 m m
r adiu s of cu r va tu r e a t ba se of n ot ch .
If st a n da r d t est pieces ca n n ot be obt ain ed fr om
t he m a t eria l, a r edu ced sect ion t est piece, wit h a
widt h of 7,5 m m or 5 m m (see Ta ble 2) sh a ll be
u sed, t h e not ch bein g cu t in on e of t h e n a r row
fa ces .
b) U-not ch or keyh ole n ot ch , 5 m m deep, with
a 1 m m ra diu s of cu r vat u re a t ba se of n ot ch.
Th e t est pieces sh a ll be m a ch in ed all over , except in
t he ca se of pr ecision cas t fou ndr y t est pieces in
wh ich th e t wo fa ces pa r a llel t o t h e pla n e of
sym m etr y of th e n ot ch ca n be un m a ch ined.
5.3 Th e pla n e of s ym m et r y of t he not ch sh all be
per pen dicula r t o t h e longit u din a l axis of th e t es t
piece.
5.4 Th e t oler a nces on t h e specified dim en sions of t he
t est piece s ha ll be a s given in Ta ble 2.
5.5 Test pieces of widt h s ot h er t h a n t hose s h own
in Ta ble 2, for exa m ple, wit h th e u n m a ch in ed
U n it widt h s equ al t o t h e t hickn ess of th e pr odu ct, m a y be
u sed pr ovided t h is is per m itt ed in t h e relevan t
pr odu ct st a n da r d. Com pa r ison of r esu lts , h owever ,
mm is on ly of sign ifican ce wh en m a de between t es t
mm pieces of th e sa m e form a nd dim en sion s.
mm 5.6 Ma chin in g sh a ll be car ried ou t in s u ch a way
mm t ha t a n y a lt era t ion of t h e test piece, for exa m ple du e
Degr ee t o cold workin g or hea t in g, is m in im ized. The not ch
sh a ll be ca r efu lly pr epa red so t h a t no grooves,
pa r a llel t o t h e ba se of t h e n otch , a r e visible to t h e
mm
n a ked eye.
mm
Th e test piece m a y be m ar ked on a ny fa ce n ot in
mm con t a ct wit h t h e su p por ts or a n vils a n d a t a point at
lea s t 5 m m from t h e n ot ch t o avoid t h e effect s of cold
Degr ee workin g du e t o m a rkin g.
Degr ee
6 Te st in g m a ch in e
mm 6.1 Th e test in g m a chin e sh a ll be con st ru cted a n d
mm in sta lled r igidly a n d sh a ll be in a ccor da n ce with
E u ropea n Sta n dar d 10 045-2.
J oule Th e va lu es of t h e pr in cipa l ch ar a ct erist ics of t h e
t est in g m a ch in e a r e sp ecified in Ta ble 3.
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6.2 S ta n da r d t est con dit ion s sh a ll cor respon d t o a 6.3 Test in g m a ch in es wit h differen t st rikin g
n omina l m a ch in e en er gy of 300 ± 10 J a nd th e u se of en er gies a re perm it t ed, in wh ich ca se th e sym bol
a t es t piece of st a nda rd dim en sion s. Th e repor t ed KU or KV s ha ll be su p plem en t ed by an index
a bsorbed en ergy u n der th ese con dition s sh a ll be den otin g t h e ener gy of th e t estin g m ach ine:
des ign a t ed by t h e sym bols: for exa m ple:
— KU for a U-n ot ch test piece KV 150: ava ila ble en ergy 150 J
— KV for a V-n ot ch test piece KU 100: a va ila ble en ergy 100 J
for exa m ple: — KU 100 = 65 J den ot es:
— KV = 121 J denot es : — n om in a l en er gy 100 J
— n om in a l en er gy 300 J — st an dar d U-n ot ch t est piece
— st an d ar d V-n otch t est piece — en er gy a bsorbed du r in g fr a ct ur e: 65 J
— en er gy a bsorbed du rin g fr act ur e: 121 J
T a b le 2 — T o le r a n c e s o n s p e c i fi e d t e s t p i e c e d im e n s i o n s
D e s ign a t io n U -n o t c h t e s t p i e c e V-n ot c h t e s t p ie c e
N o m in a l Ma ch in i n g N om in a l Ma ch i n i n g
d im e n s io n t ol e r a n c e d im e n s i o n t ol e r a n c e
a a
IS O s y m b ol IS O s ym b ol
Lengt h 55 m m ± 0,60 m m j s 15 55 m m ± 0,60 m m js 15
H eigh t 10 m m ± 0,11 m m j s 13 10 m m ± 0,60 m m js 12
Width :
— st an dar d t est piece 10 m m ± 0,11 m m j s 13 10 m m ± 0,11 m m js 13
— redu ced sect ion t est piece — — — 7,5 m m ± 0,11 m m js 13
— redu ced sect ion t est piece — — — 5 mm ± 0,06 m m js 12
An gle of n otch — — — 45° ± 2° —
H eigh t below n ot ch 5 mm ± 0,09 m m j s 13 8 mm ± 0,06 m m js 12
Ra diu s of cu rva t u r e of ba se of
n otch 1 mm ± 0,07 m m j s 12 0,25 m m ± 0,025 m m —
Dist an ce of pla ne of sym m et r y
of not ch fr om ends of t est piece b 27,5 m m ± 0,42 m m j s 15 27,5 m m ± 0,42 m m js 15
An gle bet ween pla n e of
sym m etr y of n ot ch a nd
lon git u din a l axis of test piece 90° ± 2° — 90° ± 2° —
An gle bet ween a dja cen t
lon git u din a l fa ces of t est piece 90° ± 2° — 90° ± 2° —
a
In accorda nce wit h ISO 286-1.
b F or m a chines with au t om at ic posit ionin g of t he t est piece, it is r ecom m en ded th at t h e t oler an ce be t aken a s ± 0,165 m m inst ea d
of ± 0,42 mm .

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T a b le 3 — C h a r a c t e r is t ic s o f t e s t in g m a c h in e 7.2 If t h e t est t em pera t u r e is not specified in t h e

R e fe r e n ce D e s ig n a t io n Va lu e r eleva n t pr odu ct st a n da r d, it s h all be equ al
(F igu r e 1) t o 23 °C ± 5 °C.
7 Dist a nce bet ween + 0,2 If t he tem per a t u r e is specified in t h e r eleva n t
a n vils 40 0 mm pr odu ct st a n da r d wit h ou t a toler a n ce, it s h all be
a dh ered to to wit h in ± 2 °C.
8 Ra diu s of a n vils + 0,5
10 mm F or t est s a t t em pera t u res ot h er t h a n a m bien t , t h e
t est piece sh a ll be im m ersed in t h e coolin g or
9 An gle of t a per of ea ch 11° ± 1° h ea t ing m ediu m for su fficient t ime t o ens u re t h at
a n vil t he r equ ired t em pera t u re is rea ch ed t h rou gh ou t t h e
t est piece (for exam ple, a t lea st 10 m in in a liqu id
10 An gle of t a per of st r iker 30° ± 1° m ediu m or a t leas t 30 m in in a ga seou s m ediu m ).
11 Ra diu s at t ip of st riker + 0,5 Th e test piece sh a ll be broken with in 5 secon ds of
20 mm t he t im e of rem ova l fr om t h e m ediu m .
Th e tr a n sfer device sh a ll be design ed a n d u sed in
12 Ma xim u m widt h of 18 m m
su ch a way t h at th e t em per at u re of t h e t est piece is
st riker
m a int a ined wit h in t h e t em per a tu r e ra n ge
– Speed of st riker a t 5 m /s t o 5,5 m/s a per m itt ed.
in st a n t of im pa ct
7.3 If, du r in g t h e t est , t h e t est piece is defor m ed bu t
– An gle bet ween t h e 90° ± 0,1° n ot br oken , t h e en ergy a bsorbed ca n n ot be
su pport a n d th e a n vil det er m in ed . Th e t est report sh a ll s t a t e t ha t t h e t est
a piece was n ot br ok en by x J .
F or m a ch in es m a nu fa ct u r ed p rior t o 1983, a speed of 4,5 m/s t o
7 m/s is perm issible by agr eem en t . NOTE It is emph asized t ha t on ly resu lts on t est pieces of
id ent ica l dim ension s s hou ld be com pa r ed. Th ere is n o gen er a l
met h od for convert in g t he r esu lt s obta in ed by one t est m et h od
6.4 F or t est s on a su bsidia r y V-n otch test piece, t he in to t h e va lues wh ich wou ld be obt a in ed by anot her test met hod.
KV s ym bol sh a ll be su pplem en t ed by in dices
den otin g t h e fir st a va ila ble en ergy of t h e t est in g 8 Te st r ep or t
m a ch in e a n d secon d th e widt h of t h e t est piece, e.g.
Th e test r eport s h all in clu de th e following
— KV 300/7,5: a va ila ble en ergy 300 J , width of in form at ion :
t es t piece 7,5 mm
a ) refer en ce t o t h is sta n da r d, i.e. E N 10 045-1;
— KV 150/5: a vaila ble en er gy 150 J , widt h of t est
piece 5 m m b) t h e t ype a n d dim en sions of t h e t est piece;
— KV 150/7,5 = 83 J denot es : c) iden t ifica t ion of t he t est piece (gr a de, ca st
n o......);
— n om in a l en er gy 150 J
d) direct ion a nd loca t ion of sa m plin g wher e
— redu ced sect ion t est piece of widt h 7,5 m m kn own ;
— en er gy a bsorbed du r in g fr act u re: 83 J . e) nom in a l ener gy of t h e s t r iker;
7 Te st r e q u i r e m e n t s f) t est tem per a tu r e, in degr ees Celsiu s;
g) a bs orbed en ergy, KV or KU , in jou les.
7.1 Th e t est piece sh a ll lie squ a r ely a ga in st t h e
a n vils in su ch a wa y t h a t th e pla n e of sym m et ry of
t he n ot ch sh all be n o m or e t h a n 0,5 m m from t h e
pla n e of sym m et ry of t h e a n vils. Th e test piece sh a ll
lie on t h e s u ppor t s in su ch a wa y t h a t t h e t ip of th e
st riker h its t he side oppos ite t h e n ot ch of t h e t est
piece (see F igu r e 2).

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F i g u r e 1 — C h a r p y im p a c t t e s t

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F ig u r e 2 — C o n fig u r a t ion o f t e s t p ie c e s u p p o r t s a n d a n v i ls

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An n e x A Li st of n a t i o n a l st a n d a r d s c o r r e s p o n d in g t o t h e r e fe r e n c e E u r op e a n
S t a n d a r d in p r e p a r a t i on
Un t il E u ropea n Sta n da r d 10 045-2 ha s been prepa r ed it is possible t o refer t o th e corr espon din g n a t ion a l
st a n da rds, a list of which is given in Ta ble 4.
T a b le 4 — N a t io n a l s t a n d a r d s c o r r e s p o n d in g t o p r o p o s e d E u r o p e a n S t a n d a r d
p r EN Co r r e s p on d in g n a t io n a l s t a n d a r d in
Ger m a n y F r a n ce UK It a ly Be l gi u m Swe d en IS O
10045-2 DIN 51 306 NF A03-508-1985 BS 131-4:1972 442-1965
1983

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Na t i o n a l a p p e n d ix A
Th e U n it ed Kin gdom pa rt icipa t ion in t h e pr epa r a t ion of t h is E u ropea n St a n da rd wa s en t r u sted by t h e Iron
a n d St eel a n d t h e Non -ferr ou s Met a ls St a n da r ds P olicy Com m it t ees (ISM/-a nd N F M/-) t o Techn ical
Com m it t ee ISM/N F M/4 u pon wh ich t h e followin g bodies wer e r epres en t ed :

Alu m in iu m F eder a t ion

Br it ish Ga s plc
Br it ish N on -F er r ou s Met a ls F eder a t ion
Br it ish Ra ilwa ys Boa rd
Br it ish St eel In du st r y
Copper Developm en t Associa t ion
Depa r tm en t of Tr a de a n d In du st r y (Na tion al E ngin eerin g La bor a t or y)
Depa r tm en t of Tr a de a n d In du st r y (Na tion a l P h ysica l La bora tor y)
Depa r tm en t of Tr a de a n d In du s tr y (Na tion a l Mea su rem en t Accr edit a t ion Ser vice)
E RA Techn ology Lt d.
GAMBICA (BE AMA Lt d.)
Min ist r y of Defen ce
Societ y of Br it ish Aer os pa ce Com pa n ies Lim it ed
Weldin g In st itu t e

Th e followin g bodies wer e a lso r epresen t ed in t he dr aft in g of t h e sta n d ar d, t h rou gh su bcom m it t ees an d
pa n els:

BCIRA
BE AMA Ltd.
E lect ricity Su pply In du st r y in E n gla n d a nd Wa les
Lloyd’s Regist er of S hippin g
Steel Cas tin g Resea r ch a n d Tr ade Associat ion
Un it ed Kin gdom Atom ic E n ergy Au th orit y

Na t i o n a l a p p e n d ix B
Th e Brit ish St a n da r d cor respon din g t o t h e ISO pu blica t ion r efer red t o in E N 10 045-1 is as follows:

In t e r n a t i on a l s t a n d a r d Br it is h S t a n d a r d
ISO 286-1-1988 BS 4500 ISO lim it s a n d fit s
Sect ion 1.1:1990 Specifica t ion for ba ses of t olera n ces, devia t ion s a n d fit s
(Iden t ical)

A r ela t ed Br itish St a n da r d t o E N 10 045-2 2) refer r ed t o in E N 10 045-1 is BS 131 “Meth ods for n ot ch ed bar
t est s: P a r t 4:1972 Ca libr a tion of pen du lu m im p act tes tin g m a ch in es for m et a ls”.

2) In pr epa ra t ion.

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