Table 1 Material properties and cohesive zone parameters.

From: Fracture characteristics of rare-earth phosphate and silicate environmental barrier coatings under molten CMAS corrosion

 

Elastic properties

Cohesive zone parameters

Isotropic

Anisotropic (GPa)

Cohesive stiffness (Knn = Kss)

Critical separation (δc)

Max traction (Tmax)

LuPO4

E = 193.4 GPa; ν = 0.29

C11 = 326.9; C12 = 32.6; C13 = 111; C22 = 282.9; C33 = 403.8; C44 = 80.4; C66 = 31.9

1000 N/μm2

0.01 μm

0.0016 N/μm2

Lu2SiO5

E = 148.6 GPa; ν = 0.24

C11 = 240; C12 = 67; C13 = 86; C15 = 9; C22 = 221; C23 = 49; C25 = − 20; C33 = 194; C35 = − 35; C44 = 52; C46 = 11; C55 = 81; C66 = 71

1000 N/μm2

0.01 μm

0.0015 N/μm2

CMAS

E = 104.5 GPa; ν = 0.26

1000 N/μm2

0.01 μm

0.0008 N/μm2

CMAS-grain Interface

1000 N/μm2

0.01 μm

0.0004 N/μm2

Grain Boundaries

1000 N/μm2

0.01 μm

Tmax × {0.785 + 0.215sin(4θ)}*

  1. *θ—Average misorientation angle between adjacent grains.