ISSN:
1551-2916
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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Physics
Notes:
When fabricating multilayers with brittle constituents, a prevalent design strategy is to choose fabrication conditions and thermal expansion coefficients that impose in-plane compression on the brittle layers. In such designs, a small zone of out-of-plane tension is induced at the edges that can cause cracks to form and extend, especially along the midplane. The associated stresses and energy release rates have been analyzed, revealing a fail-safe criterion, attributed to the existence of a maximum possible energy release rate, Gmax. Equating this maximum to the toughness defines a fail-safe parameter expressing the influence of the layer thickness, the misfit stress, and the toughness. When fail-safe designs cannot be realized, thin interlayers can be interposed in a manner that diminishes Gmax, broadening accessibility. The roles of misfit stress and interlayer thickness in attaining this condition are derived.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1551-2916.2004.01418.x
