Improvement in Contact Strength of Si₃N₄/SiC Composite by Crack Healing

Figure 3

Weibull distributions of crack initiation load. (a) Smooth and Smooth + Healed specimens, (b) #200 and #200 + Healed specimens, (c) #400 and #400 + Healed specimens, and (d) #400 + Rap, #400 + Rap + Healed, and #400 + Healed + Rap specimens.

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