Fracture toughness of cemented carbides: Testing method and microstructural effects

Fracture toughness is one the most important parameters for design applications and performance assessment of WC-Co cemented carbides (hardmetals). Different from hardness, fracture toughness is commonly a property more difficult to evaluate, particularly in brittle materials. A large number of diff...

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Autores: Sheikh, Saad, M'Saoubi, Rachid, Flasar, Petr, Schwind, Martin, Persson, Tomas, Yang, Jing, Llanes Pitarch, Luis Miguel|||0000-0003-1054-1073
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/86464
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/86464
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2014.08.018
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Carbides
Cement composites
Fracture toughness
Microstructural characterization
wc-co cermets
brittle materials
hertzian fracture
specimens
indentation
grain
diffraction
composites
hardmetals
Carburs -- Fractura
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria dels materials
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Sumario:Fracture toughness is one the most important parameters for design applications and performance assessment of WC-Co cemented carbides (hardmetals). Different from hardness, fracture toughness is commonly a property more difficult to evaluate, particularly in brittle materials. A large number of different testing methods have been introduced to evaluate toughness of hardmetals, but in general all of them have either theoretically debatable issues or important experimental difficulties. In this study, three different fracture toughness testing methodologies are investigated: three-point bending on Chevron notched specimen (