Abstract
Crack-growth resistance in transformation-toughened ceramics is studied by modeling the region surrounding an advancing crack tip as a zone which has undergone a uniform dilatational phase transformation. This zone is allowed to evolve around the advancing crack tip under conditions of increasing far-field load while the tip is maintained at a critical stress intensity necessary for fracture. This procedure leads to the surprising conclusion that maximum toughening occurs for finite amounts of crack advance.
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