Determination of fracture strength and fracture energy of (metallo-) ceramics by a wedge loading methodology and corresponding cohesive zone-based finite element analysis

Farle, A.M.; Krishnasamy, J.; Turteltaub, S.R.; Kwakernaak, C.; van der Zwaag, S.; Sloof, W.G.

doi:10.1016/j.engfracmech.2018.03.014

Determination of fracture strength and fracture energy of (metallo-) ceramics by a wedge loading methodology and corresponding cohesive zone-based finite element analysis

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A.M. Farle (OLD) MSE-1

J. Krishnasamy Aerospace Structures & Computational Mechanics - Aerospace Engineering

S.R. Turteltaub Aerospace Structures & Computational Mechanics - Aerospace Engineering

C. Kwakernaak (OLD) MSE-1

S. van der Zwaag Novel Aerospace Materials - Aerospace Engineering

W.G. Sloof (OLD) MSE-1

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(OLD) MSE-1

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2018.03.014

Self-healing Ceramics Acoustic emission Fracture energy Cohesive-zone modelling Fracture strength

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Abstract

A wedge loaded testing methodology to determine the fracture energy and strength of (semi-) brittle (metallo-)ceramics is presented. The methodology combines a tailored specimen geometry and a comprehensive finite element analysis based on cohesive zone modelling. The use of a simulation-based approach to extract both fracture strength and energy from experimental data avoids the inherent inaccuracies found in closed-form expressions that rely on a priori assumptions about the deformation field. Results from wedge splitting tests on Ti3SiC2 and Ti2AlC (MAX phase) materials are used to illustrate the procedure. The simulation-based approach is further validated by comparing the fracture strength and fracture energies predicted by the proposed method and those indicated by a conventional four-point bending fracture toughness test (ASTM standard). The new protocol offers the possibility to measure not only the fracture properties of brittle material in its pristine state but also in the healed state.

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