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Kinetic Research of Oxidation Induced Crack Healing of Engineering Ceramics (Ⅲ) Model Testing and Revising: The Kinetic Research of Al2O3-SiC W Composite

Lü Jun1, ZHENG Zhi-Xian1, WU Yu-Cheng1, JIN Zhi-Hao2   

  1. 1. Materials Science and Engineering Institute, Hefei University of Technology,
    Hefei 230009, China;
    2. State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behvior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
  • Received:2004-12-02 Revised:2005-02-06 Published:2006-05-20 Online:2006-05-20

Abstract: Oxidation reaction happened when Al2O3-SiC W composite heated at high temperature. The reaction producer moved to the crack area which induced crack healing. The kinetic analysis of crack healing of Al2O3-SiC W composite shows that: the velocity of crack healing can be showed as: - Cv/t=(2πC2v0·ΔP+F)/(2πB0Cv)·1/2·(k/t)1/2, and the strength recovery can be expressed by the following formula: σff0=[1-(2πC2v0·ΔP+F)/(πB0C2v0)·k1/2·t1/2]-1/4. Compared with Al2O3-TiC P composite, the filling coefficient F was added. The physical meaning of F coefficient is the area equivalent except the crack area. For Al2O3-SiC W composite, F is related to the whisker bridge, whisker emerge, and the area on which reaction producer can follow and fill in the crack. When heated at 1200℃, F is about 9.94\times10-8 m2.

Key words: crack healing, strength, velocity of healing, oxidiation reaction

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