Contact fatigue in silicon nitride

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1281-1288

  Lee, Seung Kun ^a,b,c   Lawn, Brian R ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^c CATERPILLAR INC   (United States)

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EID: 0001296081     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1999.tb01908.x     Document Type: Article

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