Probability Distribution of Notch Strength of Ceramics (II) Prediction of Probability distribution of Notch Strength

Procedures were developed to predict the probability distribution of notch strength of ceramics from the fie-cural strength of ceramics based on our recent research[1]. It is shown that thenotch strength of ceramics follows the normal distribution, the log-normal distribution and Weibulldistribution, and all of the above distributions can be predicted. The predicted results of threeprobability distributions of notCh strength of ceramics mentioned above are in good agreementwith test results. The possibility of predicting the probability distribution of notch strength of ceramics is of practical importance in the design and the reliability assessment of ceramic structureelements.