Cyclic-fatigue crack initiation and propagation in smooth alumina specimens

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-60

  Kishimoto, Hidehiro ^a,c   Ueno, Akira ^a   Matsunaga, Atsushi ^a   Kondo, Takuya ^b  

^a TOYOTA TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINTERING; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CRACK PROPAGATION RATE; CRITICAL CRACK LENGTH; CYCLIC FATIGUE; SCANNING LASER MICROSCOPY; THRESHOLD STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR;

ALUMINA;

EID: 0031703702     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1998.tb02295.x     Document Type: Article

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