“…As an example of the technique, we compare the results obtained from using the DS bridging expression to the results from an earlier expression from Marshall, Cox, and Evans (MCE)8,-namely For unidirectional dense alumina p'"'=[4a2Ef+T' (9) fiber/alumina-yttria matrix composites at room temperature, q is found experimentally to be 3.56. The normalizing stress, 00, is the ACK cracking stress, 458 MPa.…”