Influencia de las tensiones residuales sobre el comportamiento frente al corte del gres porcelánico esmaltado

Abstract

This study was undertaken to examine the influence of residual stresses on porcelain tile behaviour under cutting. To do so, two samples of glazed industrial porcelain tiles that exhibited different behaviour under cutting were selected. Using these industrial tiles, cutting tests were performed and the macroscopic residual stresses were determined by the strain relaxation incremental slotting method. The influence of the cooling rate on the arising residual stresses and their effect on tile cutting were also studied.For the porcelain tile with appropriate cutting behaviour, the residual stress profile in the body was symmetrical and could be fitted by just using the second- degree Legendre polynomial. This was the expected behaviour for homogenously cooled ceramic materials (same cooling rate at the proper surface as at the rib). For pieces with inappropriate cutting behaviour, it was necessary to use more terms of the series, which suggested that cooling had not been homogeneous. With regard to the influence of cooling, the temperature range in which residual stresses were generated was determined and it was verified that pieces with a greater level of stresses exhibited worse cutting behaviour.