Influence of crack shielding on subcritical crack growth in zircon ia ceramics

Authors

  • D. Casellas Dept. de Ciencia deis Materials i Enginyeria Metallúrgica, Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, E.TS.E.I.B
  • A. Feder Dept. de Ciencia deis Materials i Enginyeria Metallúrgica, Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, E.TS.E.I.B
  • L. Lianes Dept. de Ciencia deis Materials i Enginyeria Metallúrgica, Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, E.TS.E.I.B
  • M. Anglada Dept. de Ciencia deis Materials i Enginyeria Metallúrgica, Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, E.TS.E.I.B

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/revmetalm.2001.v37.i2.453

Keywords:

Crack shielding, Subcritical growth, Fatigue, Zirconia,

Abstract


The increase in fatigue life under a constant applied load, due to the presence of crack shielding, was studied. Time to failure was estimated by using a mathematical function that describes the crack shielding developed during subcritical crack growth. Such results were compared with experimental fatigue lives obtained in Y-TZP/PSZ materials. From this it may be concluded that the initial slope of crack shielding curves greatly influences the time to failure.

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Published

2001-04-30

How to Cite

Casellas, D., Feder, A., Lianes, L., & Anglada, M. (2001). Influence of crack shielding on subcritical crack growth in zircon ia ceramics. Revista De Metalurgia, 37(2), 135–139. https://doi.org/10.3989/revmetalm.2001.v37.i2.453

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