Transient fatigue-crack growth behavior following variable-amplitude loading in a monolithic silicon nitride ceramic

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 303-313

  Gilbert, C J ^a   Ritchie, R O ^a  

^a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue crack growth; Overloads; Silicon nitride; Transient crack growth

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HOT PRESSING; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

VARIABLE AMPLITUDE LOADING;

SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 0032083732     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7944(98)00019-8     Document Type: Article

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