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Thermal fatigue in polycrystalline alumina

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Damage accumulation in polycrystalline alumina subjected to cyclic thermal loading was studied via non-destructive elastic modulus and internal friction measurements. These nondestructive techniques were sensitive to cracks formed by thermal loading. Thermal shock damage was observed to saturate as a function of an increasing cumulative number of thermal shock cycles. The observed power law relationship between the damage saturation and thermal shock difference implies a fatigue-like power law relation in stress. The exponent has a value of approximately 12 for the range of ΔT included in this study. Thermal shock damage induced changes in internal friction were found to be a function of a crack damage parameter. These thermal fatigue results of polycrystalline (unreinforced) alumina are also compared to thermal fatigue results for SiC whisker-alumina composites.

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Lee, W.J., Case, E.D. Thermal fatigue in polycrystalline alumina. J Mater Sci 25, 5043–5054 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00580128

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