FATIGUE-CRACK GROWTH OF SILICON-NITRIDE AT 1400-DEGREES-C - A NOVEL FATIGUE-INDUCED CRACK-TIP BRIDGING PHENOMENON

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作者
LIU, SY
CHEN, IW
TIEN, TY
机构
[1] Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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10.1111/j.1151-2916.1994.tb06967.x
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TQ174 [陶瓷工业]; TB3 [工程材料学];
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0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
A high-strength Si3N4 with elongated-beta-Si3N4 and equiaxed alpha'-sialon was tested in cyclic and static fatigue at 1400-degrees-C. At low stress intensity factors and high frequencies, the pullout process of the elongated grains was enhanced, which suppressed the crack growth. This provides a possible explanation for the increased lifetime under cyclic loading conditions reported for ceramics by several investigators. While crack-healing by high-temperature annealing was found to greatly reduce the subsequent static fatigue crack growth rate, it had only a modest effect on cyclic fatigue and none at high frequencies.
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