Kinetic Effects on Fracture

Overview

• (Invited Overview) “Environmentally-Controlled Non-Equilibrium Crack Propagation in Ceramics,” R.F. Cook, Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 260 (1999) 29-40.

Key Works

• “Thermal Activation Effects in Crack Propagation and Reliability of Fused Silica,” R.F. Cook, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 102 (2019)7575-7583.
• (Invited) “Kinetics of Indentation Cracking in Glass,” R.F. Cook and E.G. Liniger, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 76 (1993) 1096-1106.

Topical Works

• “Long-Term Ceramic Reliability Analysis including the Crack-Velocity Threshold and the “Bathtub” Curve,” R.F. Cook, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 101 (2018) 5732-5744.
• “A Simple Method for Short-Term Mechanical Reliability Predictions for Ceramics in Reactive Environments,” R.F. Cook, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 101 (2018) 2727-2731.
• “Strength of brittle materials in moderately corrosive environments,” R.F. Cook, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 101 (2018) 1684-1695.
• “Four-point Bend Adhesion Measurements of Copper and Permalloy Systems,” M.P. Hughey, D.J. Morris, R.F. Cook, S.P. Bozeman, B.L. Kelly, S.L.N. Chakravarty, D.P. Harkens and L.C. Stearns, Engin. Fracture Mech. 71/2 (2004) 245-261.
• “Controlling Crack Propagation,” R.F. Cook, Nature Materials, 3 (2004) 15-16.
• “A Controlled Flaw Technique for Lifetime Characterization,” E.G. Liniger and R.F. Cook, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 76 (1993) 2123-2126.
• “Influence of Crack Velocity Thresholds on Stabilized Non-Equilibrium Fracture,” R.F. Cook, J. Appl. Phys. 65 (1989) 1902-1910.
• “Crack Propagation Thresholds: A Measure of Surface Energy,” R.F. Cook, J. Mat. Res. 1 (1986) 852-860.
• “Controlled Indentation Flaws for Construction of Toughness and Fatigue Master Maps,” R.F. Cook and B.R. Lawn, J. Res. of National Bureau of Standards 89 (1984) 453-465.
• “Dynamic Fatigue of Brittle Materials Containing Indentation Line Flaws,” B L. Symonds, R.F. Cook and B.R. Lawn, J. Mat. Sci. 18 (1983) 1306-1314.
• “Universal Fatigue Curves for Ceramics using Indentation Flaws,” H. Multhopp, R.F. Cook and B. R. Lawn, J. Mat. Sci. Letters 2 (1983) 683-684. Stress Mapping
• “Theory of Fatigue for Brittle Flaws Originating from Residual Stress Concentrations,” E.R. Fuller, Jr., B.R. Lawn and R.F. Cook, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 66 (1983) 314-321.
• “Fatigue Analysis of Brittle Materials using Indentation Flaws: II-Case Study on a Glass Ceramic,” R.F. Cook, B.R. Lawn and G.R. Anstis, J. Mat. Sci. 17 (1982) 1108-1117.
• “A Comparative Study of the Fatigue Properties of SYNROC and Borosilicate Glass,” R.F. Cook, B.R. Lawn, T.P. Dabbs, K.D. Reeve, E.J. Ramm and J.L. Woolfrey, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 65 (1982) C172-C173.