In the fracture toughness tests of perfectly brittle and crack-rate sensitive ceramics (
R∝
am*,
R; the crack resistance force,
a; the crack velocity), it has been analytically as well as experimentally clarified that an initial crack begins to extend before a maximum load appears in load-deflection curve. This crack-extension phenomenon was named PSP (psuedo-stable phenomenon) in the previous paper. The amount of the crack-extension due to the PSP depends on the crack-rate sensitivity parameter
m*, the non-dimensional compliance of testing machine
EBΛ
* and the initial crack length
x0.
Nevertheless, the fracture toughness value,
KIC has been currently determined by the maximum load and the precracked crack-length measured before testing. In the testing regulation for high performance ceramics in JIS, the
KIC is also evaluated in the same way.
For a single edge cracked 3 point bending specimen of JIS, the amount of crack-extension is numerically calculated as a function of
m*,
EBΛ
* and
x0, and it is studied whether or not the
KIC is evaluated exactly. The results obtained show that the
KIC is reasonably evaluated when both
m* and
EBΛ
* are small enough, but the
KIC is considerably underestimated when these values are large.
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