...Jianfeng Shi; Xinwei Zong; Weili Jiang; Riwu Yao; Jinyang Zheng Short carbon fiber (SCF) reinforced thermoplastic composites (SCFRTCs) are attracting broad attention in various fields for their excellent mechanical properties. The fracture toughness, an essential characteristic of the resistance...

...David Tamim Manan; Jeongho Kim; Renata Marques de Melo; Yu Zhang Dental interfaces are subject to mixed-mode loading. This study provides practical guidance for determining interfacial fracture toughness of dental ceramic systems. We address interfacial fracture of a composite resin cement...

...Abderrazak Traidia; Elias Chatzidouros; Mustapha Jouiad; Kaamil-Ur-Rahman Shibly Standard-compliant measurement of the in-plane fracture toughness of metals is often challenging due to insufficient material in the through-thickness direction to extract a full single edge bending (SEB) or compact...

... that (relative to untreated TPU) ultrasound tends not to deteriorate the fracture strength, strain and yet improve the fracture toughness. We attribute these results to subtle events at the H and S segment/domain levels. To further understand these microstructural variations, we conducted differential scanning...

... fracture toughness measurements. The abrasive wear resistance was determined using the ASTM G65-04 dry-sand rubber wheel test. The results showed that the hardness of the near-nanocrystalline coating was 25% greater than that of the microcrystalline coating and a sixfold increase in the abrasive wear...

... of time and how its dependence on microstructure grain size varies as a function of time. The values of m obtained in this way are plotted in Fig. 11 . 04 03 2011 14 07 2011 22 07 2011 13 10 2011 13 10 2011 ceramics finite element analysis fracture toughness grain...

... reports the experimental investigation carried out on the fracture toughness of three thixotropic and room temperature cured epoxy-based adhesives formulated specifically for in situ timber bonding, namely, CB10TSS (standard adhesive), Albipox is CB10TSS with the addition of nanodispersed carboxyl...

... optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and wavelength dispersive spectroscopy. Oxygen concentration in the consolidated sample was 13.55% less than in the as-received powders. The flexure strength, fracture toughness, Young’s modulus, and Vickers hardness of the consolidated specimens were...

... of skin-core adhesion in fiber-reinforced sandwich structures ( 9 ) and the R-curve of braided carbon fiber composites ( 10 ). Experimental setup for performing interface fracture toughness testing of SiC/RCC using SCB specimens: ( a ) test setup, ( b ) closed-up view SCB specimen with a machined...

... of the microstructural strength. A comparison of deformation mechanism in microstructures ( a ) S 1 2 and ( b ) S 4 2 at 300 K 05 03 2010 23 06 2010 02 12 2010 02 12 2010 ceramics composite material interfaces deformation fracture toughness impurities...

... of the mentioned steel widely used in engine and machine technology, all of the mentioned data may be relevant during design and manufacturing procedure. 03 02 2009 29 10 2009 16 02 2010 16 02 2010 creep elongation fracture toughness impact strength manufacturing processes notch...

... forces are compared with fracture toughness and critical energy release rates to predict the equilibrium crack length for scribed samples and the process parameters associated with transition from scribing to separation. Both of these predictions are in good agreement with experimental observations...

... be a parameter that can be determined without any (or with minimum) testing. The method proposed by Agrawal and Karlsson ( 1 ) is correct when assuming a symmetric interfacial fracture toughness curve. Based on the resolution (e.g., the scatter in the data) from the experimental results, an antisymmetric...

...Vladislav Mantič 09 01 2008 01 08 2008 17 09 2008 fracture mechanics fracture toughness In a recent paper ( 1 ), the authors revisited a basic question of interfacial fracture mechanics, namely, the choice of the characteristic reference length l c...

... investigated. The effects of temperature and pressure on the flexural strength, Young’s modulus, fracture toughness, relative density, activation energy, phase stability, and microstructure were assessed. The relative density and grain size increased with an increase in the temperature. The flexural strength...

... with mechanical properties. Residual stresses determined by the center hole-drilling strain-gauge method are reported in addition to electrical conductivity, stress corrosion cracking, fracture toughness, initiation fatigue, and tensile mechanical property variations. It was found that quenching into boiling...

... understanding the localization (onset of deformation softening) and delocalization (onset of deformation hardening) phenomena leading to the compression damage∕fracture at the propagation pressure. The primary accomplishment is the (hitherto unavailable) computation of the mode II fracture toughness (stress...

.... The accuracy within the considered stress range is good, but the thermodynamic consistency of this procedure has to be proven. 12 01 2006 30 06 2006 fibre reinforced plastics viscoelasticity viscoplasticity creep fracture fracture toughness scanning electron microscopy recovery-creep...

... and cryogenic temperatures, and the fracture toughness was calculated from their load-displacement diagram. Additionally, the fracture toughness of some plain-weave textile composite specimens and specimens treated with nanoparticles ( 38 nmAl 2 O 3 ) were also measured. It was observed that all specimens...

...Yasuhide Shindo; Daiki Shinohe; Susumu Kumagai; Katsumi Horiguchi This paper presents results from an analytical and experimental study of the effect of temperature and mixed-mode ratio on the interlaminar fracture toughness in glass-cloth∕epoxy laminates. Mode I, mode II, and mixed-mode tests were...