Studies on the Brittle -Ductile Transition in Silicon

After a specimen geometry that ensures straight crack growth was found for the experiment described above, research on crack turning was continued. As a hot glass plate is dipped into cool water, a pre-crack may grow along many different paths depending upon the testing parameters. In silicon the crack favors the cleavage planes. A cohesive-element model modified for thermally-driven cracks reproduced many of the experimental crack morphologies.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Ferney, Brook David

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hsia, K. Jimmy

• Engineering, Materials Science

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3017073

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/87694