Microstructural approach to flaw size dependence of strength in engineering ceramics

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1029-1039

  Hoshide, T ^a   Hiramatsu, H ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FLAW SIZE DEPENDENCE;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0033337945     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.1999.00227.x     Document Type: Article

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