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Tensile Testing of Ceramics
Author(s) -
Seshadri S. G.,
Chila Kai Yin
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1987.tb04887.x
Subject(s) - materials science , ultimate tensile strength , composite material , tensile testing , ceramic , strain gauge
A simple, self‐aligning, uniaxial test firtiire has been developed for testing ceramics. The primary emphasis is placed on a simple specimen geometry and test procedure. The strain gage measurements on α‐Sic and steel specimens indicate very good uniformity in the tensile stresses (with variation less than 1%) across the cross section. The tensile testing of SiC and SiC/TiB 2 composites exhibits 55% and 79% failures, respectively, in the gage section with possible further improvements. Average tensile strength values of 160 and 202 MPa were obtained for α‐SiC and SiC/TiB 2 respectively.