High-temperature flexural strength of engineering ceramics

Abstract

The BCRL high-temperature flexural strength facility has been developed using the most suitable methods reported in the scientific literature. Temperature monitoring and control, together with stress-strain measurement are performed by a microcomputer with 16-bit analogue-to-digital converters, and the results are outputted to an intelligent plotter. The equipment is suitable for measurements on high strength ceramics and has been fully evaluated on a wide range of engineering ceramic materials.