Effect of precrack "halos" on fracture toughness determined by the surface crack in flexure method

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2261-2268

  Swab, Jeffrey J ^a,b,c   Quinn, George D ^b,c  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^c AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; RESIDUAL STRESSES;

ALUMINUM NITRIDE; MAGNESIUM FLUORIDE; STABLE CRACK EXTENSION; SURFACE CRACK IN FLEXURE METHOD;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0032162346     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1998.tb02620.x     Document Type: Article

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