Influence of whisker reinforcement on the abrasive wear behavior of silicon nitride- and alumina-based composites

Wear

Volumn 203-204, Issue , 1997, Pages 267-277

  Doǧan, Cynthia Powell ^a   Hawk, Jeffrey A ^a,b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c University of Alabama   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrasive wear; Alumina; Composites; Microstructure; Silicon nitride

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; BRITTLENESS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HARDNESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON NITRIDE; WEAR RESISTANCE;

WHISKER REINFORCEMENT;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

ALUMINA; CERAMICS; SILICON NITRIDE; WEAR-ABRASIVE;

EID: 0031104273     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0043-1648(96)07348-6     Document Type: Article

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