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FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH IN SEVERAL CERAMIC MATERIALS
Author(s) -
Mutoh Y.,
Takahashi M.,
Takeuchi M.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
fatigue and fracture of engineering materials and structures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1460-2695
pISSN - 8756-758X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1460-2695.1993.tb00126.x
Subject(s) - materials science , transgranular fracture , ceramic , intergranular corrosion , composite material , paris' law , intergranular fracture , fracture (geology) , cyclic stress , crack growth resistance curve , crack closure , fracture mechanics , stress concentration , forensic engineering , metallurgy , microstructure , engineering
Fatigue crack growth tests of five ceramic materials were carried out in order to investigate the general characteristics of cyclic and static fatigue crack growth in ceramics. A cyclic effect was found in Si 3 N 4 , Al 2 O 3 and TiB 2 , where the main fracture mechanism was intergranular separation, and stress shielding due to grain bridging occurred near the crack tip. On the other hand, no cyclic effect was observed in Sic and ZrO 2 , where the main fracture mechanism was transgranular fracture. The fatigue crack growth curves reduced to a unique curve by using the parameter K up / E , regardless of the kind of ceramics studied.