Crack deflection and propagation in layered silicon nitride/boron nitride ceramics

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1004-1112

  Kovar, Desiderio ^a,b,c   Thouless, M D ^a,b   Halloran, John W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DELAMINATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FRACTURE; PHASE COMPOSITION; SILICON NITRIDE;

BORON NITRIDE; CRACK DEFLECTION; FRACTURE RESISTANCE;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0032046413     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1998.tb02438.x     Document Type: Article

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