Retardation of fatigue crack growth in ceramics by glassy ligaments: A rationalization

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 945-952

  Ramamurty, Upadrasta ^a,b,c  

^a Brown University   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GLASS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; RELAXATION PROCESSES; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CYCLIC LOADS; FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH; GLASSY LIGAMENTS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0030126032     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1996.tb08529.x     Document Type: Article

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