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Fracture Mechanics of Ceramics

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The failure of ceramic materials is caused by the extension of small flaws. Therefore, linear-elastic fracture mechanics can be applied to describe the failure behaviour. The main problem in the application of the simple fracture mechanics relation is the existence of a rising crack growth resistance curve, which is caused by crack bridging forces behind the advancing crack tip or by transformations in front of the crack tip. The increasing crack growth resistance leads to problems in the transformation of results from specimens with macrocracks to components with natural cracks.

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Munz, D. (1991). Fracture Mechanics of Ceramics. In: Davidge, R.W., Van de Voorde, M.H. (eds) Designing with Structural Ceramics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3678-5_3

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