Ceramics?
Learning Outcomes
- Contrast the mechanical behaviour of ceramics with that of metals and polymers
- Summarize the need to test ceramics in bending, rather than in a tensile test
- Explain the influence of porosity on the mechanical behaviour of ceramics
- Describe the stress concentration factor
- Use the stress concentration factor to explain the influence of crack length and of crack “sharpness” on the maximum stress in the material
Related Project Resources
| Type | Title | Author | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| File | Ceramics? (Storyline File) (ZIP, 12 MB) | Prof. Scott Ramsay | |
| Video | Mechanical Behaviour of Ceramics | Prof. Scott Ramsay | In this video I introduce the basic mechanical behaviour of ceramics including the testing of ceramics in three point bending. (Duration: 08:15) |
| Video | The three-point bend test | Prof. Scott Ramsay | (Duration: 08:41) |
| Video | Porosity in ceramics and the stress concentration factor | Prof. Scott Ramsay | This video is about Porosity in ceramics and the stress concentration factor. (Duration: 16:18) |
