Crack growth and splitting failure of silicon nitride ceramic balls under cyclic pressure loads

Katsuyuki Kida*, Junnosuke Koga, Edson Costa Santos

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Abstract

In order to examine the splitting failures of silicon nitride balls under cyclic pressure loads, fatigue tests of pre-cracked balls were carried out. The cracks of initial length ranging from 0.260 to 0.290 mm were observed under different stress ratio conditions and the effects of stress ratio and residual stress on the fatigue strength were investigated. Furthermore, the initial threshold limit of the equivalent stress intensity factor range (ΔKeqth) was measured.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)58-66
Number of pages9
JournalMechanics of Materials
Volume106
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017/03/01

Keywords

  • Ball
  • Crack growth
  • Equivalent stress intensity factor range
  • Silicon nitride
  • Stress ratio

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Instrumentation
  • General Materials Science

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