TY - JOUR A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Shyam, A. A1 - Watkins, T. R. A1 - Pandey, A. A1 - Lara-Curzio, E. A1 - Parish, C. M. A1 - Stafford, R. J. T1 - The effect of porosity and microcracking on the thermomechanical properties of cordierite N2 - The effect of porosity and microcracking on the mechanical properties (strength, fracture toughness,Young’s modulus, and fracture energy) and thermal expansion of diesel particulate filter (DPF) gradecordierite materials has been investigated. A method to deconvolute the effect of porosity and microc-racking on Young’s modulus is proposed. In addition, the microcrack density and the pore morphologyfactor are calculated by applying a micromechanical differential scheme. The values of the investigatedmechanical properties are shown to decrease with an increase in porosity, but the thermal expansionvalues are insensitive to porosity. The variation in mechanical properties as a function of porosity leadsto distinct porosity dependence of thermal shock resistance for crack initiation and crack propagationfor DPF grade synthetic cordierite. KW - Diesel particulate filter KW - Cordierite KW - Porosity KW - Microcracking KW - Micromechanical differential scheme PY - 2015 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2015.08.014 VL - 2015/35 IS - 16 SP - 4557 EP - 4566 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-37973 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -