Pre-failure toughening mechanisms in the dentine of the narwhal tusk: Microscopic examination of stress/strain induced microcracking

Journal of Materials Science Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 991-994

  Zioupos, P ^a   Currey, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FRACTURE; MECHANICAL TESTING; MICROCRACKS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TOUGHENING; YIELD STRESS;

DENTINE; LASER SCANNING CONFOCAL; NARWHAL TUSK; POST YIELD DEFORMATION; PRE FAILURE TOUGHENING MECHANISM;

BONE;

EID: 0030171867     PISSN: 02618028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00241446     Document Type: Article

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