EFFECTS OF CRACK LENGTH, NOTCH ROOT RADIUS AND GRAIN SIZE ON FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF FINE CERAMICS

Generally, fracture toughness and fracture stress of ceramics depend on crack length, notch root radius and grain size. These three parameters are most important when assessing the integrity of structural ceramic members and developing high-performance ceramics. A new failure criterion called the process zone size failure criterion, has been proposed based on the existence of a crack-tip process zone. Using this criterion, it is shown that theoretical values are in good agreement with many test results quoted from many papers. It is concluded that this failure criterion is useful when evaluating crack length and notch root radius problems. The effect of grain size on both the fracture toughness and on the toughening mechanism is also considered.

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