Mechanical behavior and microstructure of SiC and SiC/TiB2 ceramics

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-57

  Kuo, Dong Hau ^a,b   Kriven, Waltraud M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CRACK INITIATION; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; DOPING (ADDITIVES); INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SILICON CARBIDE; SINTERING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TOUGHNESS; VOLUME FRACTION;

CRACK BRIDGING; INDENTATION STRENGTH TESTS; PARTICULATE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; TITANIUM BORIDE;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0031646694     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0955-2219(97)00106-4     Document Type: Article

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