Figure 3
Planar views of the 3D datasets segmented to show the first crack in Ti2AlC both initially and at different stages of healing at 1500 K in air.
This first crack (cf. Fig. 2) has a length of 1.2 mm. The superimposed colour map represents the crack face gap (CFG). The direction of crack growth is from top (mouth) to bottom (crack-tip) in the images. The graphs show the remaining opening of the crack having a length of 1.2 mm as a function of healing time for virtual sections in the middle and towards the edges of the crack (averaged over both edge trajectories).
