A fracture mechanics approach for the development of refractory materials with reduced brittleness

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1585-1603

  Harmuth, H ^a   Tschegg, E K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brittle disordered materials; Fracture tests; High temperature testing; Microcracks; Refractories; Wedge splitting test

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; COMBUSTION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HIGH TEMPERATURE TESTING; MICROCRACKS; STRAIN;

HASSELMAN PARAMETERS; THERMAL SHOCK; WEDGE SPLITTING TESTS;

MAGNESIA REFRACTORIES;

EID: 0031331968     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.1997.tb01513.x     Document Type: Article

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