High temperature crack growth in silicon nitride under static and cyclic loading: Short-crack behavior and brittle-ductile transition

Acta Materialia

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2079-2092

  Liu, Shih Yu ^a,b   Chen, I Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DUCTILITY; DYNAMIC LOADS; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

BRITTLE-DUCTILE TRANSITION; CRACK-WAVE SHIELDING; SHORT-CRACK BEHAVIOR; SILICON NITRIDE;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0030150350     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1359-6454(95)00307-X     Document Type: Article

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