Increase in critical stress for crack-healing of Si3N4/SiC ceramics by shot peening

The effects of shot peening on the critical stress for crack-healing of Si3N4/SiC composite ceramics were investigated. Shot peening was carried out on a Si3N4/SiC composite with a surface crack by using yttrium-stabilized zirconia beads. Shotpeened specimens were crack-healed at 1100 °C for 5 h under a tensile stress (?app) in the range 0–500...