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Computer simulations have been designed to elucidate the evolution of microcracking in a nanocomposite using appropriate material values for alumina and silicon carbide. These are compared to a single-phase material using elastic and thermal expansion coefficients for alumina. It is found that the region and the fracture mode where microcracking ensues are determined by the intensity and the length scale of the residual stress fields, which interact. Of specific interest are the region, fracture mode, and length of ensuing microcracks for materials with different inclusion locations (at the grain boundary or within the grain) and with different grain size to inclusion size ratios.
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Zimmermann, A., Hoffman, M. & Rödel, J. Fracture mode of alumina/silicon carbide nanocomposites. Journal of Materials Research 15, 107–114 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.2000.0019
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