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Combined mode I and mode II fracture of monolithic ceramics

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Ceramic Society; (United States)
 [1];  [2]
  1. Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH (United States)
  2. Cleveland State Univ., OH (United States)

The mode I, and mode II, and combined mode I-mode II fracture behaviors of a coarse-grained silicon nitride, a fine-grained silicon nitride, and an alumina were investigated. These ceramics were fractured from two types of fracture initiating flaws: small surface flaws and large single edge precracks. The small surface flaws were introduced by Knoop indentation in flexural samples at various angles to the tensile stress direction and fractured in four-point bending. The samples with large precracks were fractured in the asymmetric four-point-bend geometry. The mixed-mode fracture toughness values obtained from the two flaw configurations were in good agreement with each other. All three ceramics displayed very similar mixed-mode fracture theories revealed that the minimum strain energy density theory best described the mixed-mode fracture behavior of all three ceramics.

OSTI ID:
6078000
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Ceramic Society; (United States), Journal Name: Journal of the American Ceramic Society; (United States) Vol. 76:9; ISSN 0002-7820; ISSN JACTAW
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English