Relationship between Fracture Toughness and Fractal Dimension of Fracture Surface of Steel

The relationship between fracture toughness and fractal dimension of fracture surface was analysed based on a united fractal model of microscopic fracture modes. It was indicated that fracture toughness is a multivariant function of yield strength, microstructural length, fractal dimension of fracture surface and volume fraction of inclusions, other than a monovariant function of fractal dimension of fracture surface. This new fractal model of fracture toughness was verified to fit well with a set of experimental data of a ultrahigh strength steel with equal microstructure and grain size but different volume fraction of inclusion.