Toughness-curve behavior of an alumina-mullite composite

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2613-2623

  Khan, Ajmal ^a,c   Chan, Helen M ^a,c   Harmer, Martin P ^a,c   Cook, Robert F ^b,c,d  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^d University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ALUMINA; CLAY MINERALS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

MULLITE;

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0032179090     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1998.tb02668.x     Document Type: Article

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