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Development of Fatigue Pre-Cracking Method into Micro-Sized Specimens for Measuring Fracture Toughness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2011

K. Takashima ,
S. Koyama ,
K. Nakai  and
Y. Higo
K. Takashima
Affiliation:
Precision and Intelligence Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226–8503, Japan
S. Koyama
Affiliation:
Precision and Intelligence Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226–8503, Japan
K. Nakai
Affiliation:
Precision and Intelligence Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226–8503, Japan
Y. Higo
Affiliation:
Precision and Intelligence Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226–8503, Japan
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Abstract

In our previous investigations [1, 2], we have demonstrated that the introduction of fatigue pre-crack ahead of a notch is required to measure reliable fracture toughness values even for micro-sized specimens. However, it is rather difficult to introduce a fatigue pre-crack into a micro-sized specimen as once a fatigue crack starts to grow then the fatigue fracture occurs within one thousand cycles and this makes it extremely difficult to control fatigue crack length. Therefore, a new fatigue pre-cracking method is required for measuring fracture toughness. In this investigation, a new fatigue pre-cracking method has been proposed for micro-sized specimens and fracture toughness tests were carried out for the micro-sized specimens with fatigue pre-crack. Micro-cantilever beam type specimens with dimensions of 10 × 10 × 50 μm3 were prepared from an electroless deposited Ni-P amorphous alloy thin film and notches were introduced by focused ion beam machining. Fatigue pre-cracks were introduced ahead of the notches by far-field cyclic compression method using a mechanical testing machine for micro-sized specimens (MFT2000). Fracture tests were also carried out using the testing machine. Fatigue pre-cracks with length of 0.2 μm were confirmed on the fracture surfaces ahead of the notches in the far-field cyclically compressed specimens. This indicates that the fatigue pre-cracking method developed in this investigation is promising for measuring accurate fracture toughness for micro-sized specimens for MEMS applications.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 741: Symposium J – Nano- and Microelectromechanical Systems (NEMS and MEMS) and Molecular Machines , 2002 , J3.3
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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