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The effect of crack growth stability induced by residual compressive stresses on strength variability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Rajan Tandon  and
David J. Green
Rajan Tandon
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
David J. Green
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
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Abstract

Rising T- (or R-) curve behavior is increasingly being used in order to improve the mechanical reliability of ceramic materials. In this study, the possibility of inducing such behavior using residual compressive stresses is analyzed. The T-curves obtained for certain residual stress profiles induce crack stability when the stress minima (compressive stress maxima) lie away from the surface of the sample. The consequences of this stabilization on the strength characteristics are a significant reduction in the strength variability and strength insensitivity to the initial flaw size. In addition to these desirable features, considerable strengthening is also obtained. Hence, suitably engineered compressive stress profiles are shown to be a novel and alternative means of enhancing mechanical reliability.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , March 1992 , pp. 765 - 771
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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