Electrophysical method for evaluating the fracture surface energy of dielectric materials in contact with metal

A physical model is formulated and the method is substantiated for measuring the fracture surface energy of dieletric materials. An analogy between the distributions of electric field intensity and mechanical stresses close to the metal-dieletric surface contact is used.Translated from Izmeritelnaya Tekhnika, No. 10, pp. 52–56, October, 2004.