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Failure of ceramics is due to initial flaws. These initial flaws are in general randomly distributed within the material. An expression of the cumulative failure probability can be related to the initial flaw size distribution in the framework of the weakest link theory and independent events assumption. This approach exhibits two different effects: the volume effect and the stress heterogeneity effect. These two effects can be analyzed for fiber-reinforced ceramics. Mostly, it is shown that the ultimate strength of these composites is length independent, but depends upon the stress heterogeneity.
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Hild, F. (1994). Volume and Stress Heterogeneity Effects in Ceramics and Fiber-Reinforced Ceramics. In: Breysse, D. (eds) Probabilities and Materials. NATO ASI Series, vol 269. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1142-3_36
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