Suggestion for mechanism of strengthening of "nanotoughened" ceramics

Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1086-1090

  Hoffman, Mark ^a,b   Rödel, Jürgen ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alumina; Ceramic; Crack; Fracture; Nanocomposite; Strength; Toughness

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MICROCRACKS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SILICON CARBIDE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE TESTING; TOUGHENING;

CRACK TIP; NANOTOUGHENED CERAMICS;

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0031358241     PISSN: 09145400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2109/jcersj.105.1086     Document Type: Article

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