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This paper is aimed at investigating the acoustic emission activities during indentation toughness tests on an alumina based wear resistant ceramic and 25 wt% silicon carbide whisker (SiCw) reinforced alumina composite. It has been shown that the emitted acoustic emission signals characterize the crack growth during loading and unloading cycles in an indentation test. The acoustic emission results indicate that in the case of the composite the amount of crack growth during unloading is higher than that of loading, while the reverse is true in case of the wear resistant ceramics. Acoustic emission activity observed in wear resistant ceramic is less than that in the case of composite. An attempt has been made to correlate the acoustic emission signals with crack growth during indentation test.
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Ray, A.K., Das, G., Mukhopadhyay, N.K. et al. Studies on indentation fracture toughness on ceramic and ceramic composite using acoustic emission technique. Bull Mater Sci 22, 25–32 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02745672
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