A microstructural investigation of the mechanisms of tensile creep deformation in an Al2O3/SiCw composite

Materials Science and Engineering: A

Volumn 209, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 251-259

  O'Meara, C ^a   Suihkonen, T ^a   Hansson, T ^b   Warren, R ^c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alumina composites; Microstructure; Tensile creep deformation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CRACK PROPAGATION; CREEP TESTING; DEFORMATION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; SILICON CARBIDE; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

ALUMINA COMPOSITES; CREEP RESISTANCE; TENSILE CREEP DEFORMATION;

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0006132474     PISSN: 09215093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-5093(95)10102-0     Document Type: Article

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