One of important resistance parameters introduced into engineering calculations for selection of materials and evaluation of their operating properties is material crack resistance. Contrary to the stationary fracture toughness K1c, J," the dynamic fracture toughness K,d, J,d, ~ is also an important parameter. In this paper, the authors have evaluated the relation between the parameters of the dynamical fractures toughness and the structure as well as impact resistance in chosen frictionally welded joints. The above-mentioned joints are made of the following steel parts: N9E-45, 18G2A-St3S, St3S-45, 40H-45, 18G2A-40H. In this experiment, the instrumented bending impact test was used.

For an impact fracture test, the influence of Coulomb friction between the specimen and anvil on contact forces and dynamic stress intensity factor (DSIF) has been investigated numerically. It has been shown that friction leads to increasing of the mean tup and anvil forces and decreasing of mean DSIF. Additionally, in most cases, friction leads to increasing of the amplitude of DSIF oscillations and, in consequence, makes interpretation of the test results more complex. Simple formulae for correction of reduced by friction mean DSIF values have been proposed.