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Tensile Stress Relaxation of Alumina at High Temperature
Author(s) -
Woodford David A.,
VanSteele Donald R.,
Hyder Mohammed J.
Publication year - 1991
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.1151-2916.1991.tb04315.x
Subject(s) - materials science , creep , strain rate , stress relaxation , strain (injury) , ceramic , ultimate tensile strength , relaxation (psychology) , composite material , stress (linguistics) , tensile testing , deformation (meteorology) , structural material , tension (geology) , medicine , psychology , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy
The development of a tensile testing methodology for ceramics which enables a stress vs strain‐rate response to be measured at high temperature is described. The test involves a carefully controled stress relaxation test at constant total strain using an experimental procedure and phenomenological analysis previously developed for metallic materials. It is demonstrated here with preliminary tests on alumina at 1050° and 1150°C. This offers, with further development, the possibility of establishing design stresses associated with low strain‐rate behavior for structural applications. The results demonstrate that data covering four decades of strain rate may be generated in tests lasting a few hours. The inelastic strain consists of substantial anelastic recoverable strain in addition to a permanent creep strain.