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Comment on “Plastic deformation and fracture behavior of a Fe-modified Al3Ti-base L12 intermetallic alloy” [J. Mater. Res. 6, 957 (1991)]: The importance of specimen length-to-width ratios and end constraints in compression testing of brittle and semibrittle materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

David H. Zeuch
David H. Zeuch
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Geomechanics Division 6232, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185
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Abstract

Specimen length-to-diameter ratios and specimen/platen end conditions are important to interpretation of, and comparisons between, uniaxial compression tests on brittle materials. When differing l:d ratios and specimen/platen end conditions are used to test pressure-sensitive materials, observations may not be readily comparable owing to the different and nonuniform triaxial stress states. Specimens of brittle Fe- and Ni-modified Al3Ti intermetallic alloys having relatively low and different l:d ratios were tested in compression by Gengxiang et al. and Turner et al., respectively. Qualitative observations on the macroscopic deformation and failure modes (shear failure and distributed microcracking) indicate that the alloys are pressure-sensitive and that the results were possibly complicated in differing degrees by test configuration. Thus, direct comparison of these results with those obtained earlier for Al3Ti by Yamaguchi et al., who used a significantly greater l:d ratio, may not be altogether useful. Approaches to minimizing end effects are reviewed.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 7 , Issue 7 , July 1992 , pp. 1956 - 1959
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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