Utilization of fractography in the evaluations of high temperature dynamic fatigue experiments
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
- Advanced Refractory Technologies, Inc., Buffalo, NY (United States); and others
The slow crack growth properties of six structural ceramics were measured by dynamic fatigue in air and inert atmospheres over a range of elevated temperatures. The material response varied from no strength degradation as a function of stress and environment to significant strength degradation by slow crack growth (SCG) and by a combination of SCG and creep. The fractographic investigation showed that SCG was evidenced by growth of isolated cracks and often by an intergranular fracture mode, while creep was evidenced by accumulated damage such as void formation and opening of the microstructure at grain boundaries and triple junctions. For the materials in which the strength was unaffected by the stress and environment, the fracture surfaces were essentially indistinguishable from the inert fracture surfaces.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 535640
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950739--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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