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. 1992 Sep-Oct;97(5):579–607. doi: 10.6028/jres.097.026

Fig. 14.

Fig. 14

Silicon nitride SEPB specimens at both loading rates, and the ZAC at the fast loading rate, had linear loading to fracture as shown in (a). The ZAC at the slow loading rates had several seconds of stable crack growth prior to catastrophic fracture as shown schematically in (b).