Fatigue crack growth in micro-machined single-crystal silicon
| Autor: | Emily D. Renuart, Thomas W. Kenny, Reinhold H. Dauskardt, A.M. Fitzgerald |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Materials science
Silicon Mechanical Engineering chemistry.chemical_element Paris' law Condensed Matter Physics Corrosion Stress (mechanics) Crack closure chemistry Mechanics of Materials mental disorders Fracture (geology) Single crystal silicon General Materials Science Crystalline silicon Composite material |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Materials Research. 19:2635-2640 |
| ISSN: | 2044-5326 0884-2914 |
| DOI: | 10.1557/jmr.2004.0343 |
| Popis: | Although crystalline silicon is not generally considered susceptible to fatigue crack growth, recent studies suggest that there may be fatigue processes in silicon micro-machined structures. In the present study, a micro-machined fracture specimen geometry was used to examine stable crack growth under fatigue loading. Crack length and loads were carefully monitored throughout the test to distinguish between environmentally assisted crack growth (stress corrosion) and mechanically induced fatigue-crack growth. Results revealed similar steplike crack extension versus time for the cyclic and monotonic tests. The fatigue crack-growth curve extracted from the crack extension data exhibited a nearly vertical slope with no evidence of accelerated crack-growth rates. Fracture surfaces for the monotonic and cyclic tests were similar, further suggesting that a true mechanical fatigue crack-growth mechanism did not occur. Explanations for the observed lack of fatigue crack growth are presented and discussed with respect to reported stress-life behavior. |
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