An assessment of the state of the art in predicting the failure of ceramics: Final report

Boulet, J. A. M.

doi:10.2172/5185845

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“…The Evans criterion assumed that the material had an elemental strength that could be characterized by the inherent flaw population(s). Boulet (1988) stated in his assessment of ceramic failure predictions that no one failure criterion has been found to be clearly superior to another. The size of defects relative to the ceramic microstructure is known to play a role in the resistance to crack propagation.…”

Section: Ceramic Materials For Internal Combustion Engine Componentsmentioning

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“…The slow crack growth model assumes that no crack coalescence occurs and that the initial weakest flaw in a component grows to the final weakest flaw, inducing failure. Boulet (1988) points out that slow crack growth behavior is a difficult process to model since it may be comprised of more than one failure mechanism. For example, environment factors such as moisture are known to contribute to slow crack growth.…”

Section: Ceramic Materials For Internal Combustion Engine Componentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Strength and Fatigue of NT551 Silicon Nitride and NT551 Diesel Exhaust Valves

Andrews¹,

Wereszczak²,

Kirkland³

et al. 2000

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Executive SummaryThe inert strength and fatigue performance of a diesel engine exhaust valve made from silicon nitride (Si~Nq) ceramic were assessed. The Si~Na characterized in this study was manufactured by Saint Gobain / Norton Industrial Ceramics and was designated as NT551. The evaluation was performed utilizing a probabilistic life prediction algorithm that combined censored test specimen strength data with a Weibull distribution function and the stress field of the ceramic valve obtained from finite element analysis. The major assumptions of the life prediction algorithm are that the bulk ceramic material is isotropic and homogeneous and that the strength-limiting flaws are uniformly distributed.The results from mechanical testing indicated that NT551 was not a homogeneous ceramic and that its strength was a function of temperature, loading rate, and machining orientation.Fractographic analysis identified four different failure modes; 2 were identified as inhomogeneities that were located throughout the bulk ofNT551 and were due to processing operations. The fractographic analysis concluded that the strength degradation of NT551observed from the temperature and loading rate test parameters was due to a change of state that occurred in its secondary phase.. Pristine and engine-tested valves made from NT551 were loaded to failure and the inert strengths were obtained. Fractographic analysis of the valves identified the same four failure mechanisms as found with the test specimens.The fatigue performance and the inert strength of the Si~NAvalves were assessed from censored and uncensored test specimen strength dat~respectively. The inert strength failure probability predictions were compared to the inert strength of the Si~Nqvalves.. . . The inert strength failure probability predictions were more conservative than the strength of the valves. The lack of correlation between predicted and actual valve strength was due to the . nonuniform distribution of inhomogeneities present in NT551. For the same reasons, the predicted and actual fatigue performance did not correlate well.

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Section: Ceramic Materials For Internal Combustion Engine Componentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Ceramic Materials For Internal Combustion Engine Componentsmentioning

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Strength and Fatigue of NT551 Silicon Nitride and NT551 Diesel Exhaust Valves

Andrews¹,

Wereszczak²,

Kirkland³

et al. 2000

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“…The apparent difference in the Weibull moduli of the fatigue prediction and the fatigue data could be attributed to another active failure mechaiism not identified in the study. As summarized by Boulet (1988), the model used for time dependent failure does not explicitly include parameters for other mechanisms of failure, such as environmental effects, that may be concurrent with mechanical loading.…”

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