Effect of grain-boundary phase on dynamic compression fatigue in hot-pressed silicon nitride

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 129-139

  Sharma, Vinod ^a   Nemat Nasser, Sia ^a   Vecchio, Kenneth S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HOT PRESSING; LOADS (FORCES); MATERIALS TESTING; STRAIN RATE; STRESSES;

AMORPHOUS GRAIN BOUNDARY PHASE; CRYSTALLINE GRAIN BOUNDARY PHASE; DYNAMIC COMPRESSION FATIGUE; SPLIT HOPKINSON PRESSURE BAR;

SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 0031696787     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1998.tb02304.x     Document Type: Article

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