Laser notching ceramics for reliable fracture toughness testing

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• 作者：Holly D. Carlton^a ; ^{carlton4@llnl.gov" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; John W. Elmer^a ; Dennis C. Freeman^a ; Ronald D. Schaeffer^b ; Oleg Derkach^b ; Gilbert F. Gallegos^a
• 关键词：Ceramics ; Fracture toughness ; Laser notching ; Single-edge-V notch beam ; Alumina
• 刊名：Journal of the European Ceramic Society
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：January 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：36
• 期：1
• 页码：227-234
• 全文大小：2516 K

文摘

A new method for notching ceramics was developed using a picosecond laser for fracture toughness testing of alumina samples. The test geometry incorporated a single-edge-V-notch that was notched using picosecond laser micromachining. This method has been used in the past for cutting ceramics, and is known to remove material with little to no thermal effect on the surrounding material matrix. This study showed that laser-assisted-machining for fracture toughness testing of ceramics was reliable, quick, and cost effective. In order to assess the laser notched single-edge-V-notch beam method, fracture toughness results were compared to results from other more traditional methods, specifically surface-crack in flexure and the chevron notch bend tests. The results showed that picosecond laser notching produced precise notches in post-failure measurements, and that the measured fracture toughness results showed improved consistency compared to traditional fracture toughness methods.