In: Mechanical Engineering
Class 20 and class 60 gray cast irons have tensile strengths of
about 20 ksi and
60 ksi, respectively. Assuming that the fractures start from
graphite flakes and that
the flakes act as preexisting cracks, use the concepts of the
Griffith analysis to predict
the ratio of the average graphite flake sizes of the two cast
irons.