Interpretation of river line patterns on indentation generated fracture surfaces with comments on the fractal characteristics described by Djordjevic et al.

Journal of Materials Science Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 651-653

  Hull, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; EPOXY RESINS; FRACTALS; GEOMETRY; MATERIALS TESTING; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESSES; SURFACES;

CHIP FORMATION; CRITICAL STRESS; INDENTATION FRACTURE; INDENTATION METHOD; INDENTATION TEST; RIVER LINE PATTERN;

FRACTURE;

EID: 0030128567     PISSN: 02618028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00264102     Document Type: Article

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