Effect of specimen geometry on strength in engineering ceramics

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 655-665

  Hoshide, Toshihiko ^a   Murano, Jun ^a   Kusaba, Ryosuke ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ceramic strength; Effective volume; Monte Carlo simulation; Notched component; Size effect

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SILICON NITRIDE; SINTERED ALUMINA; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

FOUR-POINT BENDING TEST;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 0032010590     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(97)00124-0     Document Type: Article

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