Morphological studies relating to the fracture stress and fracture toughness of silicon nitride

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 829-838

  Chu, M C ^a   Sato, S ^b   Kobayashi, Y ^b   Ando, K ^c  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^b Dept NHK SPRING Co   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspect ratio; Fracture stress; Fracture toughness, Grain morphology; Silicon nitride; Sintered ceramics; Strengthening; Toughening

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BENDING STRENGTH; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

FRACTURE STRESS;

SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 0030695527     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.1997.tb01527.x     Document Type: Article

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