Abstract
A method is described to study subcritical crack growth in ceramic materials. Large, macroscopic size cracks were used and quantitative crack velocity measurements were made on glass and sapphire as a function of applied force, temperature and environment. The measured crack velocity was a complex function of stress and water vapor concentration in the environment and portions of the data could be adequately explained by the stress corrosion theory of Charles and Hillig.
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