Fracture of alumina with controlled pores

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2449-2457

  Zimmermann, André ^a   Hoffman, Mark ^a,d   Flinn, Brian D ^b,d   Bordia, Rajendra K ^b,d   Chuang, Tze Jer ^c   Fuller Jr , Edwin R ^c,d   Rödel, Jürgen ^a,d  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

^d AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PORE SIZE; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

SEMICIRCULAR CRACKS;

ALUMINA;

EID: 0032162983     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1998.tb02641.x     Document Type: Article

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