ABSTRACT
The purpose of this work is to study the effect of cracks on the behavior of SIF (KI) in single edge crack of a bi-material interface, as metal-ceramic dental application. Metals, alloys, ceramics and others materials have been used in dentistry as restorative materials. However, a challenging aspect in ceramic materials is their restricted loading capability due to the low fracture toughness. In this work, the finite element method was used to evaluate the SIFs and to model a single edge crack in a metal (NiCr) and ceramic (KKM95-VITA) model subjected mode I loading.
