Determination of the Fracture Toughness of Glasses via Scratch Tests with a Vickers Indenter

Fracture toughness is an important index in safety evaluation for materials and structures. Its convenient and accurate characterization has attracted extensive attention. For small specimens, traditional testing methods of fracture toughness are not suitable due to limitations in sample size and sh...

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Main Authors: Liu, H., Zhang, J., Zhao, M., Lu, Chunsheng
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: SPRINGER 2022
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88297
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author Liu, H.
Zhang, J.
Zhao, M.
Lu, Chunsheng
author_facet Liu, H.
Zhang, J.
Zhao, M.
Lu, Chunsheng
author_sort Liu, H.
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description Fracture toughness is an important index in safety evaluation for materials and structures. Its convenient and accurate characterization has attracted extensive attention. For small specimens, traditional testing methods of fracture toughness are not suitable due to limitations in sample size and shape. In this work, a new formula is proposed to determine the fracture toughness of glasses using scratch tests with a Vickers indenter based on dimensional analysis and finite element analysis. Fracture toughness of glasses could be calculated with elastic modulus, crack depth of scratched materials and normal force applied during the scratch tests. The effects of plastic deformation and interfacial friction between the Vickers indenter and scratched materials are considered, and the crack shape is consistent with experimental observations. The proposed formula is verified by comparing the fracture toughness of soda-lime and borosilicate glasses obtained from scratch tests with those obtained via indentation tests. This work provides an alternative method to determine the fracture toughness of glass materials.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-882972022-05-09T03:15:01Z Determination of the Fracture Toughness of Glasses via Scratch Tests with a Vickers Indenter Liu, H. Zhang, J. Zhao, M. Lu, Chunsheng Science & Technology Technology Materials Science, Multidisciplinary Mechanics Materials Science Scratch test Fracture toughness Glass Dimensional analysis Finite element analysis INDENTATION FRACTURE BRITTLE MATERIALS PRINCIPLES STRESSES DAMAGE MODEL Fracture toughness is an important index in safety evaluation for materials and structures. Its convenient and accurate characterization has attracted extensive attention. For small specimens, traditional testing methods of fracture toughness are not suitable due to limitations in sample size and shape. In this work, a new formula is proposed to determine the fracture toughness of glasses using scratch tests with a Vickers indenter based on dimensional analysis and finite element analysis. Fracture toughness of glasses could be calculated with elastic modulus, crack depth of scratched materials and normal force applied during the scratch tests. The effects of plastic deformation and interfacial friction between the Vickers indenter and scratched materials are considered, and the crack shape is consistent with experimental observations. The proposed formula is verified by comparing the fracture toughness of soda-lime and borosilicate glasses obtained from scratch tests with those obtained via indentation tests. This work provides an alternative method to determine the fracture toughness of glass materials. 2022 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88297 10.1007/s10338-021-00264-6 English SPRINGER restricted
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Technology
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Mechanics
Materials Science
Scratch test
Fracture toughness
Glass
Dimensional analysis
Finite element analysis
INDENTATION FRACTURE
BRITTLE MATERIALS
PRINCIPLES
STRESSES
DAMAGE
MODEL
Liu, H.
Zhang, J.
Zhao, M.
Lu, Chunsheng
Determination of the Fracture Toughness of Glasses via Scratch Tests with a Vickers Indenter
title Determination of the Fracture Toughness of Glasses via Scratch Tests with a Vickers Indenter
title_full Determination of the Fracture Toughness of Glasses via Scratch Tests with a Vickers Indenter
title_fullStr Determination of the Fracture Toughness of Glasses via Scratch Tests with a Vickers Indenter
title_full_unstemmed Determination of the Fracture Toughness of Glasses via Scratch Tests with a Vickers Indenter
title_short Determination of the Fracture Toughness of Glasses via Scratch Tests with a Vickers Indenter
title_sort determination of the fracture toughness of glasses via scratch tests with a vickers indenter
topic Science & Technology
Technology
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Mechanics
Materials Science
Scratch test
Fracture toughness
Glass
Dimensional analysis
Finite element analysis
INDENTATION FRACTURE
BRITTLE MATERIALS
PRINCIPLES
STRESSES
DAMAGE
MODEL
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88297