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Evaluation of the fracture toughness of Nb-40Al-8Cr-1W-1Y-0.05B intermetallic material by indentation techniques

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The fracture toughness of an Nb-40Al-8Cr-1W-1Y-0.05B intermetallic material was evaluated by indentation techniques at room temperature. Two widely used indentation methods, crack size measurement and indent strength, yielded excellent agreement with a conventional fracture toughness technique using straight-through precracked specimens, despite the occasional formation of poorly configured cracks. However, the modified indentation technique, using dummy indent flaws, resulted in a low fracture toughness compared to that evaluated by the other methods. The material did not exhibit rising R-curve behaviour, as evaluated from the indentation strength data. These results indicate that indentation fracture principles are applicable to this brittle intermetallic material without modification of the residual contact stress term originally calibrated for ceramic materials.

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  1. Lewis Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 44135, Cleveland, OH, USA

    S. R. Choi & J. A. Salem

  2. Lewis Research Center Group, Sverdrup Technology, Inc., 44142, Brook Park, OH, USA

    M. G. Hebsur

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Choi, S.R., Salem, J.A. & Hebsur, M.G. Evaluation of the fracture toughness of Nb-40Al-8Cr-1W-1Y-0.05B intermetallic material by indentation techniques. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE 28, 155–160 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00349046

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