Toughening mechanisms of nano-composite ceramics

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-123

  Tan, Honglai ^a   Yang, Wei ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ceramics; Fracture; Nano particles; Toughening mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SILICON CARBIDE; TOUGHENING; VOLUME FRACTION;

NANOCOMPOSITE CERAMICS; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS;

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0032183882     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6636(98)00027-1     Document Type: Article

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