Molecular dynamics study of the stress distribution near a crack tip in β-silicon nitride

Materials Science Research International

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 253-257

  Hirosaki, Naoto ^a   Ogata, Shigenobu ^b   Kitagawa, Hiroshi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

GRIFFITH'S THEORY; LINEAR ELASTIC SOLUTION;

SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 0033310454     PISSN: 13411683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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