In the previous study, the present authors have theoretically derived the equation of σ
m=φ⋅K
IC⋅S
mf1/2 for the fracture of general hard materials, where σ
m is the flexural strength, g is the shape factor which can be theoretically expressed as V
-1/2⋅ψ, V is the volume of the stressed portion of the specimen and φ is the factor which is constant for the same hard materials, K
IC is the fracture toughness and S
mf is the total macroscopic area of fracture surface. In this study, the σ
m, the number of fragments (N
f), S
mf and K
IC were measured for three kinds of specimens of WC-l0mass%Co low carbon two phase cemented carbide which have different cross sections and spans, in order to investigate whether the effect of V (240, 360, 640mm
3) on the gradient of σ
m-S
mf1/2 regression line is in accordance with one theoretically deduced from the equation.
The results obtained were as follows; (1) Both N
f and Smr increased with increasing σ
m irrespective of V. (2) Both N
f and S
mf at a given σ
m were larger for larger cross section and larger span, i.e., larger V. (3) A strong linear correlation was held between σ
m and S
mf1/2 irrespective of V. (4) The ratio of the gradients of the σ
m-S
mf1/2 regression lines for each two kinds of specimens coincided well with those of V
-1/2⋅K
IC or V
-1/2 as theoretically expected, indicating that the above equation is valid and the value of φ is nearly the same, irrespective of V.
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