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Cyclic fatigue crack growth behaviour in β-(Si–Al–O–N) at ambient and elevated temperatures

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Four-point bending fatigue tests on a hot-pressed sintered Sm–β-(Si–Al–O–N) ceramic were conducted at room temperature, 900 °C and 1000 °C in air under different load ratios and cyclic frequencies. The growth of indentation cracks was measured during the fatigue tests. The results indicate that the cyclic fatigue crack growth threshold is lower and crack growth rates are higher, for given values of Kmax, at 1000 °C than those at room temperature. The cyclic fatigue crack growth behaviour at 900 °C is similar to that at room temperature. It was found that the crack growth retardation due to cyclic fatigue loading is much more pronounced at higher frequencies. An increase in cyclic frequency from 1 to 10 Hz cause a reduction of up to two orders of magnitude in crack propagation rates. High-temperature cyclic fatigue crack growth rates increased and threshold stress intensity factor ranges decreased with increasing load ratio. Possible mechanisms for cyclic crack growth are discussed.

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  1. The State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics,, Chinese Academy of Sciences,, Shanghai, 200050,, People's Republic of China

    Guo-Dong Zhan

  2. Department of Materials, Queen Mary and Westfield College,, University of London,, London, E1 4NS,, UK

    M. J. Reece, Ming Li & J. M. Calderon-Moreno

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Zhan, GD., Reece, M.J., Li, M. et al. Cyclic fatigue crack growth behaviour in β-(Si–Al–O–N) at ambient and elevated temperatures. Journal of Materials Science 33, 3867–3874 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004620023312

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