Determination of short-crack toughness curves

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 129-136

  Smith, Stanley M ^a,b   Scattergood, Ronald O ^a,b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CRACKS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GLASS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CRACK SHAPE EFFECTS; INDENTATION CRACK LENGTH; SHORT CRACK TOUGHNESS CURVES;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0029778616     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1996.tb07890.x     Document Type: Article

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