Strength/crack-size relationship for Knoop-indented bending specimens and its application to silicon nitride ceramics

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 891-899

  Gong, Jianghong ^a,c   Guan, Zhenduo ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUT JEAN LAMOUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CRACKS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SINTERING;

INDENTATION TECHNIQUE; PRESSURELESS SINTERING;

SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 0032114738     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-2219(97)00217-3     Document Type: Article

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