Application of the coupled stress-energy criterion to predict the fracture behaviour of layered ceramics designed with internal compressive stresses

Application of the coupled stress-energy criterion to predict the fracture behaviour of layered ceramics designed with internal compressive stresses

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In this work, a coupled stress-energy criterion is used to predict the initiation and propagation of surface cracks in ceramic laminates upon thermo-mechanical loading. Experiments were conducted on V-notched alumina-based laminates to show the effect of residual stresses and mechanical loading on their fracture behaviour. The conditions for crack initiation as predicted for notched specimens agreed with the experimental observations. It is shown that the onset of cracks from V-notches is associated with (i) the tensile residual stresses in the first surface layer and (ii) the depth of the notch. The further propagation of the crack into the first embedded compressive layer was also studied. Based upon the coupled criterion, a short penetration of the propagating crack into the first compressive is foreseen. If the mechanical load is increased, the crack finally deflects within the compressive layer propagating with a certain angle which is also predicted with a good accuracy.

In this work, a coupled stress-energy criterion is used to predict the initiation and propagation of surface cracks in ceramic laminates upon thermo-mechanical loading. Experiments were conducted on V-notched alumina-based laminates to show the effect of residual stresses and mechanical loading on their fracture behaviour. The conditions for crack initiation as predicted for notched specimens agreed with the experimental observations. It is shown that the onset of cracks from V-notches is associated with (i) the tensile residual stresses in the first surface layer and (ii) the depth of the notch. The further propagation of the crack into the first embedded compressive layer was also studied. Based upon the coupled criterion, a short penetration of the propagating crack into the first compressive is foreseen. If the mechanical load is increased, the crack finally deflects within the compressive layer propagating with a certain angle which is also predicted with a good accuracy.

In this work, a coupled stress-energy criterion is used to predict the initiation and propagation of surface cracks in ceramic laminates upon thermo-mechanical loading. Experiments were conducted on V-notched alumina-based laminates to show the effect of residual stresses and mechanical loading on their fracture behaviour. The conditions for crack initiation as predicted for notched specimens agreed with the experimental observations. It is shown that the onset of cracks from V-notches is associated with (i) the tensile residual stresses in the first surface layer and (ii) the depth of the notch. The further propagation of the crack into the first embedded compressive layer was also studied. Based upon the coupled criterion, a short penetration of the propagating crack into the first compressive is foreseen. If the mechanical load is increased, the crack finally deflects within the compressive layer propagating with a certain angle which is also predicted with a good accuracy.

Layered ceramics, Residual stresses, Crack initiation

Layered ceramics, Residual stresses, Crack initiation

2015

01.12.2015

Elsevier

Francie

0997-7538

2015

54

94–104

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