IN-SITU SCANNING ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY OF CRACK BRIDGING IN ALUMINA

High-resolution scanning acoustic microscopy has been used to observe crack bridging in a fine-grained polycrystalline alumina. The microscope is sensitive to the increased acoustic transmission across the crack from the interlocking and sliding asperities that cause crack shielding and -curve behav...

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Main Authors: Marrow, T, Briggs, G, Roberts, S
Format: Journal article
Published: 1994
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description High-resolution scanning acoustic microscopy has been used to observe crack bridging in a fine-grained polycrystalline alumina. The microscope is sensitive to the increased acoustic transmission across the crack from the interlocking and sliding asperities that cause crack shielding and -curve behaviour. Acoustic microscopy is found to be more reliable than optical microscopy for characterising crack bridging. The bridging zone size, bridge density and bridge failure strain are easily determined. The technique may be of considerable use in characterising R-curve mechanisms in a wide range of microstructures. © 1994.
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spelling oxford-uuid:80f82557-7fa1-4be2-bb04-5e79ccda50492022-03-26T21:27:02ZIN-SITU SCANNING ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY OF CRACK BRIDGING IN ALUMINAJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:80f82557-7fa1-4be2-bb04-5e79ccda5049Symplectic Elements at Oxford1994Marrow, TBriggs, GRoberts, SHigh-resolution scanning acoustic microscopy has been used to observe crack bridging in a fine-grained polycrystalline alumina. The microscope is sensitive to the increased acoustic transmission across the crack from the interlocking and sliding asperities that cause crack shielding and -curve behaviour. Acoustic microscopy is found to be more reliable than optical microscopy for characterising crack bridging. The bridging zone size, bridge density and bridge failure strain are easily determined. The technique may be of considerable use in characterising R-curve mechanisms in a wide range of microstructures. © 1994.
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IN-SITU SCANNING ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY OF CRACK BRIDGING IN ALUMINA
title IN-SITU SCANNING ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY OF CRACK BRIDGING IN ALUMINA
title_full IN-SITU SCANNING ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY OF CRACK BRIDGING IN ALUMINA
title_fullStr IN-SITU SCANNING ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY OF CRACK BRIDGING IN ALUMINA
title_full_unstemmed IN-SITU SCANNING ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY OF CRACK BRIDGING IN ALUMINA
title_short IN-SITU SCANNING ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY OF CRACK BRIDGING IN ALUMINA
title_sort in situ scanning acoustic microscopy of crack bridging in alumina
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