Nucleation, blunting or propagation of a nanocrack in dislocation-free zones of thin crystals

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1415-1423

  Chen, Q Z ^a   Chu, W Y ^a   Gao, K W ^a   Gu, B ^a   Zhang, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

Brittle metal; Dislocation free zone; Ductile metal; Nanocrack; TEM studies

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; CRACK INITIATION; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); DUCTILITY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NUCLEATION; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CLEAVAGE; COHESIVE STRENGTH; DISLOCATION EMISSION; DISLOCATION FREE ZONE; MICROFRACTURE MECHANICS;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 0032202029     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.1998.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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