A fracture test for brittle materials

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 759-763

  Chandler, H W ^a   Henderson, R J ^a   Al Zubaidy, M N ^b   Saribiyik, M ^b   Muhaidi, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; TEST METHODS;

EID: 0030926669     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0955-2219(96)00135-5     Document Type: Article

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