Non-Basal Slip in Alumina at High Temperatures and Pressures.

Abstract

A zero degree Czochralski sapphire has been deformed in tensile creep at 1600-1800C, and fine-grained alumina polycrystals have been deformed under hydrostatic confining pressures at 1000-1200C, in order to activate non-basal slip. Deformation in both cases is thought to have involved pyramidal slip (((-1)102) plane). Activation of this slip system, together with basal and prismatic plane slip, allows the von Mises criterion to be satisfied. In addition, 'water weakening' was observed to occur in the deformation of polycrystalline alumina under hydrostatic confining pressures. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0716788

Entities

People

  • A. H. Heuer
  • J. D. Snow
  • J. Tullis
  • R. F. Firestone

Organizations

  • Case Western Reserve University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Compounds
  • Crystal Structure
  • High Temperature
  • Polycrystals
  • Sapphire

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.