Pyrolytic carbon indentation crack morphology

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Ely, John L ^a   Stupka, Jonathan ^a   Haubold, Axel D ^a  

^a Medical Carbon Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYROLYTIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; FATIGUE; FRACTURE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MECHANICS; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARBON; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0029891355     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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