Influence of fiber and grain bridging on crack profiles in SiC fiber-reinforced alumina-matrix composites

Materials Science and Engineering: A

Volumn 260, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 124-131

  Ostertag, Claudia P ^a  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack profile; Crack tip; Fiber bridging; Grain bridging; Toughness

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CERAMIC FIBERS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON CARBIDE; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TOUGHNESS;

CRACK BRIDGING; CRACK OPENING DISPLACEMENT (COD); FIBER BRIDGING;

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0033078344     PISSN: 09215093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0921-5093(98)00975-7     Document Type: Article

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