Controlled firing of reaction-bonded aluminum oxide (RBAO) ceramics: Part I, continuum-model predictions

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 897-908

  Gaus, Shaun P ^a   Harmer, Martin P ^a   Chan, Helen M ^a   Caram, Hugo S ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRACK INITIATION; FIRING (OF MATERIALS); HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL CYCLING;

CONTINUUM MODEL; REACTION BONDING;

ALUMINA;

EID: 0032668079     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1999.tb01851.x     Document Type: Article

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