Fracture of an aluminosilicate fiberboard

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2789-2797

  Olbert, Blain H ^a,c   Schenck, Steven R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Rex Roto Corporation   (United States)

^c AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; ELASTICITY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SILICATES; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ALUMINOSILICATE; CRACK BRIDGING; ELASTIC CONSTANTS;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 0031273228     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1997.tb03195.x     Document Type: Article

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