Crack deflection and interfacial fracture energies in alumina/SiC and alumina/TiN nanocomposites

Crack/particle interactions in Al2O3/SiC and Al2O3/TiN nanocomposites have been observed by TEM on samples containing cracks produced by Vickers indentations. No significant crack deflection by intragranular SiC particles or microcracking around nanoparticles was found. Intergranular cracks were obs...

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Main Authors: Jiao, S, Jenkins, M
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Published: 1997
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description Crack/particle interactions in Al2O3/SiC and Al2O3/TiN nanocomposites have been observed by TEM on samples containing cracks produced by Vickers indentations. No significant crack deflection by intragranular SiC particles or microcracking around nanoparticles was found. Intergranular cracks were observed to be deflected into the matrix grains by SiC particles on grain boundaries inclined to the direction of crack propagation. TiM particles were not effective in this way. These features are briefly discussed within the framework of the interfacial fracture energies. These were calculated from interfacial energies, which were determined by the measurement of grain boundary-interface dihedral angles.
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spelling oxford-uuid:4d7fa6e2-48fe-4b03-baff-9af0d6b2df952022-03-26T15:55:47ZCrack deflection and interfacial fracture energies in alumina/SiC and alumina/TiN nanocompositesConference itemhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_5794uuid:4d7fa6e2-48fe-4b03-baff-9af0d6b2df95Symplectic Elements at Oxford1997Jiao, SJenkins, MCrack/particle interactions in Al2O3/SiC and Al2O3/TiN nanocomposites have been observed by TEM on samples containing cracks produced by Vickers indentations. No significant crack deflection by intragranular SiC particles or microcracking around nanoparticles was found. Intergranular cracks were observed to be deflected into the matrix grains by SiC particles on grain boundaries inclined to the direction of crack propagation. TiM particles were not effective in this way. These features are briefly discussed within the framework of the interfacial fracture energies. These were calculated from interfacial energies, which were determined by the measurement of grain boundary-interface dihedral angles.
spellingShingle Jiao, S
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Crack deflection and interfacial fracture energies in alumina/SiC and alumina/TiN nanocomposites
title Crack deflection and interfacial fracture energies in alumina/SiC and alumina/TiN nanocomposites
title_full Crack deflection and interfacial fracture energies in alumina/SiC and alumina/TiN nanocomposites
title_fullStr Crack deflection and interfacial fracture energies in alumina/SiC and alumina/TiN nanocomposites
title_full_unstemmed Crack deflection and interfacial fracture energies in alumina/SiC and alumina/TiN nanocomposites
title_short Crack deflection and interfacial fracture energies in alumina/SiC and alumina/TiN nanocomposites
title_sort crack deflection and interfacial fracture energies in alumina sic and alumina tin nanocomposites
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