Abstract
Experiments designed to measure the fracture toughness of ceramic-metal interfaces over a wide range of phase angles are described, and a simple approach to data analysis accounting for plasticity effects in specifying interfacial toughness is outlined. A modified version of a fixture proposed by Richard and Benitz [ Int. J. Fract. 22, R55 (1983)] is used to apply mixed-mode loadings to silica/copper sandwich specimens. The experimentally observed crack trajectories depend on the phase angle of loading. In general, the tendency for initial propagation of the crack to occur in the ceramic increases as the magnitude of the phase angle increases. The introduction of a modest amount of mixed-mode loading resulted in a substantial increase in fracture toughness, from approximately 2.2 J/m 2 at 3° to 6.4 J/m 2 at 16° and 8.7 J/m 2 at −10°. The data clearly indicate that plasticity effects become increasingly important as the magnitude of the phase angle increases.
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