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    PO Box 1354, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2XG, UK. : Blackwell Science Ltd
    Fatigue & fracture of engineering materials & structures 28 (2005), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1460-2695
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
    Notes: γ-TiAl-based materials have the ability to provide superior creep strength, high yield strength and Young's modulus at temperatures as high as 700 °C. This has led to the consideration of γ-TiAl-based materials for use in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) intended for application at elevated temperatures. One γ-TiAl-based material under consideration for these applications is the composition known as Alloy 7/Ti–46Al–5Nb–1W (at%). In this case, this material is tested in the as-wrought form with a fully lamellar structure and a colony size ≈75 μm. The effect of loading volumes of this material smaller than conventional samples is investigated. This is carried out in order to improve understanding of the fracture toughness behaviour, which ultimately will be required of components of this material with a cross-section ≈18 × 6 μm. Here, we focus upon a specially developed machine, which provides accurate loading of microsized cantilever beams through a diamond tip. The directional nature of the fracture toughness properties of this material is considered in relation to the local orientation of the lamellar microstructure and the resulting failure modes occurring.
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    PO Box 1354, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2XG, UK. : Blackwell Science Ltd
    Fatigue & fracture of engineering materials & structures 28 (2005), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1460-2695
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
    Notes: SU-8 is a photoplastic polymer with a wide range of possible applications in microtechnology. Cantilevers designed for atomic force microscopes were fabricated in SU-8. The mechanical properties of these cantilevers were investigated using two microscale testing techniques: contact surface profilometer beam deflection and static load deflection at a point on the beam using a specially designed test machine. The SU-8 Young's modulus value from the microscale test methods is approximately 2–3 GPa.
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    PO Box 1354, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2XG, UK. : Blackwell Science Ltd
    Fatigue & fracture of engineering materials & structures 28 (2005), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1460-2695
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
    Notes: Fracture and fatigue tests have been performed on micro-sized specimens for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) or micro system technology (MST) applications. Cantilever beam type specimens with dimensions of 10 × 12 × 50 μm3, approximately 1/1000th the size of ordinary-sized specimens, were prepared from a Ni–P amorphous thin film by focused ion beam machining. Fatigue crack growth and fracture toughness tests were carried out in air at room temperature, using a mechanical testing machine developed for micro-sized specimens. In fracture toughness tests, fatigue pre-cracks were introduced ahead of the notches. Fatigue crack growth resistance curves were obtained from the measurement of striation spacing on the fatigue surface, with closure effects on the fatigue crack growth also being observed for micro-sized specimens. Once fatigue crack growth occurs, the specimens fail within one thousand cycles. This indicates that the fatigue life of micro-sized specimens is mainly dominated by a crack initiation process, also suggesting that even a micro-sized surface flaw may be an initiation site for fatigue cracks which will shorten the fatigue life of micro-sized specimens. As a result of fracture toughness tests, the values of plane strain fracture toughness, KIC, were not obtained because the criteria of plane strain were not satisfied by this specimen size. As the plane strain requirements are determined by the stress intensity, K, and by the yield stress of the material, it is difficult for micro-sized specimens to satisfy these requirements. Plane-stress- and plane-strain-dominated regions were clearly observed on the fracture surfaces and their sizes were consistent with those estimated by fracture mechanics calculations. This indicates that fracture mechanics is still valid for such micro-sized specimens. The results obtained in this investigation should be considered when designing actual MEMS/MST devices.
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