In-Situ Determination of bridging stresses in Al2O3/Al2O3-platelet composites by fluorescence spectroscopy

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 601-608

  Pezzotti, Giuseppe ^a   Okuda, Hajime ^a   Muraki, Naoki ^b   Nishida, Toshihiko ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TORAY RESEARCH CENTER INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Al2O3; Bridging stresses; Composites; Platelets; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; CRACKS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRICTION; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PROBES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; STRESSES; TOUGHENING;

BRIDGING STRESSES; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLATELET COMPOSITES;

ALUMINA;

EID: 0032633509     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0955-2219(98)00230-1     Document Type: Article

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