Prediction of crack propagation paths in the unit cell of sofc stacks

International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 217-230

  Joulaee, N ^a   Makradi, A ^a   Ahzi, S ^a   Khaleel, M A ^b   Koeppel, B K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack propagation; Fracture analysis; PEN; Solid oxide fuel cells

Indexed keywords

CRACK DEFLECTIONS; CRACK EXTENSION; CRACK LENGTH; CRACK PENETRATION; CRACK PROPAGATION PATH; CRACKS PROPAGATION; ENERGY CRITERION; FRACTURE ANALYSIS; HIGH DEMAND; INITIATION AND PROPAGATION; LAYERED SYSTEMS; MECHANICAL INTEGRITY; NEGATIVE ELECTRODE; PEN; POSITIVE ELECTRODES; SOFC STACK; THERMAL LOADINGS; THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; UNIT CELLS;

BIOMECHANICS; CELL MEMBRANES; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

CRACKS;

EID: 67849084865     PISSN: 15691713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10999-009-9095-5     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Cherti-Tazi, O.: Comportement à rupture d'un assemblage formé de matériaux. PhD dissertation, Paris 6 University (2005)
2. M He JW Hutchinson 1989 Deflection at an interface between dissimilar elastic materials Int. J. Solids Struct. 25 1053 1067 10.1016/0020-7683(89) 90021-8 (Pubitemid 20622317)
3. M He JW Hutchinson 1989 Kinking of a crack out of an interface J. Appl. Mech. 56 270 278
4. AN Kumar BF Sørensen 2002 Fracture energy and crack growth in surface treated Yttria stabilized Zirconia for SOFC applications Mater. Sci. Eng. A 333 380 389 10.1016/S0921-5093(01)01863-9 (Pubitemid 34789131)
5. D Leguillon R Abdelmoula 2000 Mode III near and far fields for a crack lying in or along a joint Int. J. Solids Struct. 37 2651 2672 10.1016/S0020-7683(99)00051-7 (Pubitemid 30553247)
6. Leguillon, D., Sanchez-Palencia, E.: Computation of singular solutions in elliptic problems and elasticity. Wiley, New York (1987)
7. Leguillon, D., Sanchez-Palencia, E.: Fracture in heterogeneous materials-weak and strong singularities. In: Ladevèze, P., Zienkiewics, O.C. (eds.) New Advances in Computational Structural Mechanics. Studies in Applied Math, vol. 32, pp. 423-434. Elsevier, Amsterdam (1992)
8. D Leguillon S Tariolle E Martin T Chartier JL Bessond 2006 Prediction of crack deflection in porous/dense ceramic laminates J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 26 343 349 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2004.11.003 (Pubitemid 41621884)
9. E Martin D Leguillon C Lacroix 2001 A revisited criterion for crack deflection at an interface in a brittle biomaterial Compos. Sci. Technol. 61 1671 1679 10.1016/S0266-3538(01)00067-7 (Pubitemid 32818707)
10. Nguetseng, N., Sánchez-Palencia, E.: Stress concentration for defects distributed near a surface. Local effects in the analysis of structures. Studies in Applied Mechanics, 12, (Cachan), pp. 55-74. Elsevier, Amsterdam (1985)
11. T Nishikawa D Ogawa S Honda H Awaji 2003 Mechanical and electrical properties of porous lanthanum strontium manganite at operating temperature J. Mater. Sci. Jpn. 52 587 591
12. Qu, J., Fedorov, A., Graham, S., Haynes, C.: Integrated approach to modeling and mitigating SOFC failure. U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy Fuel Cell Program, FY Annual Report, pp. 167-172 (2004)
13. A Selçuk A Atkinson 1997 Elastic properties of ceramic oxides used in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 17 1523 1532 10.1016/S0955-2219(96)00247-6
14. Virkar, A., Wilson, L.: Low temperature anode supported high power density solid oxide fuel cells with nanostructured electrodes. Fuel Cell Annual Report, pp. 111-114 (2003)