Indentation of ceramics with spheres: A century after Hertz

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1977-1994

  Lawn, Brian R ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; CRACKS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; TOUGHNESS; WEAR RESISTANCE;

CERAMOGRAPHY; GRIFFITH-IRWIN MECHANICS; HERTZIAN CONE CRACKS; HERTZIAN CONTACT TESTING; QUASI-PLASTIC CERAMICS; SPHERICAL INDENTERS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0032137856     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1998.tb02580.x     Document Type: Article

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