Time-dependent crack initiation and growth in ceramic matrix composites

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 808-812

  McMeeking, R M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Rockwell International   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CERAMIC FIBERS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CREEP; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

CATASTROPHIC MATRIX CRACKING; TIME-DEPENDENT BRIDGING;

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0032182631     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2818472     Document Type: Article

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