Toughening by partial or full bridging of cracks in ceramics and fiber reinforced composites

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1987, Pages 245-269

  Nemat Nasser, Siavouche ^a   Hori, Muneo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS - TOUGHENING;

BRITTLE SOLIDS; CRACK KINKING; CRACKS BRIDGING; TOUGHENING;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0023415790     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-6636(87)90015-9     Document Type: Article

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